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Quinine Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Qualaquin
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.
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Reasons taken
109 patients in the community are taking or have taken Quinine.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Stiffness/Spasticity | 24 | 22% |
| Other | 21 | 19% |
| Cramps | 14 | 12% |
| Pain | 9 | 8% |
| disease-related symptoms | 6 | 5% |
| Fasciculations | 4 | 3% |
| General health | 3 | 2% |
| Convulsive spasms (clonus) | 1 | <1% |
| Leg cramps | 1 | <1% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | <1% |
| Emotional lability | 1 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are taking for disease-related symptoms include Baclofen, Tizanidine HCl, and Walking Stick/Cane.
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Quinine or how long patients were taking Quinine before stopping.
Currently Taking Quinine
Stopped Taking Quinine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 6 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 3 |
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Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 33% | 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 67% | 4 |
Top reported side-effects include: Nausea, Headaches, Blurred Vision
Summary results are based on 6 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 6)
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- ukiwi
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: none
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: none
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by ukiwi
Feb 18, 2009
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsSevere
- Stiffness/Spasticity
- Advice/Tips
- stopped taking, Tinitus severe - may sleeping difficult.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- jr42
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: none
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
- Type: Lower Motor Neuron
- See profile
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by jr42
Jan 22, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- It's an effective drug to stop cramps.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on July 04, 2009.