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 ...

Background Leg cramps are a common complaint, debilitating through pain and loss of sleep. Although sometimes an identifiable treatable cause may be found, often they remain idiopathic [1]. Quinine is ...

This can occur elsewhere in the body, but is most commonly experienced in the lower extremities. Leg cramps or spasms are unpredictable in that they may vary in terms of intensity and duration, and ...

Quinine Quinine tablets are a common treatment. Quinine often reduces the number and severity of leg cramps, but may not stop them altogether. One tablet at bedtime is the normal dose. A four week ...

Read the Medication Guide and, if available, the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start taking quinine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions ...

But the FDA has issued repeated warnings against using quinine to prevent or treat leg cramps because it may cause serious side effects, including severe anemia, bleeding and kidney damage. Though ...

But the FDA has issued repeated warnings against using quinine to prevent or treat leg cramps because it may cause serious side effects, including severe anemia, bleeding and kidney damage.

Read the Medication Guide and, if available, the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start taking quinine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions ...

1 We would, however, like to present two comments regarding the use of quinine. As stressed by Winstanley, both treatment duration (7 days) and sideeffects influence compliance of patients to quinine ...

Quinine sulphate is one such alkaloid which requires extensive study as to improve its physicochemical parameters and render it much favourable for clinical application. One of the approaches is to ...