If you have nocturnal (nighttime) leg cramps, your doctor might prescribe quinine (Qualaquin)-even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved it for only one purpose: to treat ...

Quinine can reduce the frequency and intensity of leg cramps, but is no longer prescribed because it can cause severe side-effects, such as dangerous heart rhythm problems. While Indian tonic ...

Every year on April 25, World Malaria Day reminds us of a disease that, while now largely preventable and treatable, once claimed millions of lives, particularly in India. Between 1800 and 1921 alone, ...

A laborer scrapes the bark from a cinchona tree. The bark is then sundried and pulverized to make the drug quinine. The story behind the chance discovery of the anti-malarial drug quinine may be ...

Find all the commercial and brand names of generic drug called Quinine. This is an invaluable reference resource for healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers and anyone in need of ...

Treatments with Quinine are known to the western world since the early 17 th century. In British colonies, tonic water (which contains large amounts of Quinine) was mixed with gin and became a ...

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