Quinine
Quinine is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
To view the entire topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription.
Pediatrics Central™ is an all-in-one application that puts valuable medical information, via your mobile device or the web, in the hands of clinicians treating infants, children, and adolescents. Explore these free sample topics:
-- The first section of this topic is shown below --
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Oral quinine is indicated for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria (concurrently with tetracycline, doxycycline, clindamycin) in the treatment of chloroquine-resistant malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum).
- IV quinine is not available in the U.S.
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Babesia species
- Leg cramps. FDA advises against the use of quinine for leg cramps due to reports of severe hematologic adverse events.
-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription --