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    Quinine

    FDA bans quinine for leg cramps, restless legs

    October 02, 2008
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of quinine sulfate as a remedy for restless legs and leg cramps. Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy discuss the FDA's reasons for this decision and also give patients who have been using quinine other possible remedies for restless legs and leg cramps. Read more »
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    ...foxglove (digitalis), certain tree barks (taxol, quinine), ergot and belladonna alkaloids). The... Read more »

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    Drug-induced hypoglycemia
    ...Insulin Sulfonylureas Metformin when used with sulfonylureas Pentamidine Quinidine Quinine Beta-blockers MAO inhibitors Bactrim (an antibiotic) Haloperidol ... Read more »
    Lupus anticoagulants
    ...be found in persons who take certain medications, including phenothiazines, phenytoin, hydralazine, quinine, amoxicillin, and birth control pills. Persons with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's... Read more »
    Malaria
    ...requiring hospitalization. Chloroquine is a frequently used anti-malarial medication, but quinidine or quinine, or the combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine, are given for... Read more »
    WBC count
    ...Drugs that may increase WBC counts include epinephrine, allopurinol, aspirin, chloroform, heparin, quinine, corticosteroids, and triamterene. Drugs that may decrease WBC counts include... Read more »
    Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
    ... aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) nitrofurantoin quinidine quinine others It can also be caused by exposure to certain chemicals, such as those in... Read more »

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    Symmetrel Oral Drug Interactions

    ...(phenothiazines such as thioridazine) quinidine quinine stimulants (like caffeine and... Read more »

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    Lanoxin Oral Drug Interactions

    ...itraconazole penicillamine propantheline phenytoin quinine certain herbal products... Read more »

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    By David Stanley For over 60 years, millions of people used it as an effective, cheap, and easy-to-find remedy for a nighttime charley horse.... Read summary »

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