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Quinine Treatment Report

What is Quinine? Quinine is an antimalarial agent. It is used off label for the prevention and treatment of nocturnal leg cramps. As of February 2007 the only quinine-containing product approved by the US Food and Drug Administration is Qualaquin.

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.


Reasons taken

4 patients in the community are taking or have taken Quinine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Stiffness/Spasticity 2 50%
General health 1 25%
Other 1 25%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Quinine.

  300 mg daily 648 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Quinine or how long patients were taking Quinine before stopping.

Currently Taking Quinine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0
1

Stopped Taking Quinine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
0
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Quinine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1 50% Side effects too severe: 50%
Other 1 50% Other: 50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 50% 1
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 50% 1

Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Headaches, Blurred Vision

Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 2)

  • ukiwi
    Sex: M
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: mild
    Walking: moderate
  • ukiwi
  • by ukiwi
    Feb 18, 2009
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • Stiffness/Spasticity
Advice/Tips
stopped taking, Tinitus severe - may sleeping difficult.

  • titanmom1962
    Sex: F
    Flare-up: Moderate
    Sensation: Moderate
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: mild
    Speech: mild
    Swallowing: mild
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • titanmom1962
  • by titanmom1962
    May 24, 2009
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other
Advice/Tips
Once went to see the NP for my neuro and she said "just drink the water like perrie" needless to say she's an IDIOT! There's not enough in that, even if you could consume enough that your body wouldn't filter out to get any benefit from! It's an expensive med but it's worth it.

See all evaluation results for Quinine

Report created on November 08, 2009.