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  1. Quinine
    Quinine is used alone or with other medications to treat malaria (a serious or life-threatening illness ... by mosquitos in certain parts of the world). Quinine should not be used to prevent malaria or ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a682322.html - Drugs and Supplements
  2. Understanding Malaria: Fighting an Ancient Scourge From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Large PDF file
    ... the best known of the traditional remedies is quinine , which is derived from the bark of the ... the genus of the parasite that causes malaria. quinine —a drug, originally extracted from tree bark, which ...
    www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/Malaria/PDF/malaria.pdf - External Health Links
  3. Malaria Facts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
    ... plant ( Artemisia annua L, China, 4th century) and quinine from the cinchona tree (South America, 17th century). ... US$2.68 for a 7-day course of quinine. Page last modified : April 11, 2007 Content source: ...
    www.cdc.gov/malaria/facts.htm - External Health Links
  4. Malaria Treatment (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
    ... severe malaria (caused by Plasmodium falciparum) the drug quinine must be administered by intravenous perfusion. Emergency room ... sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (Fansidar®) mefloquine (Lariam®) atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone®) quinine doxycycline artemisin derivatives (not licensed for use in ...
    www.cdc.gov/malaria/diagnosis_treatment/treatment.htm - External Health Links
  5. FDA Law Enforcement: Critical to Product Safety (Food and Drug Administration)
    ... detect adulterations in pepper. The chemist devised a quinine solution, which the inspector injected into bags of ... results from marketed pepper showed telltale signs of quinine, the company was successfully prosecuted and fined. Even ...
    www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2006/106_ora.html - External Health Links
  6. Clay
    ... has been shown to reduce the bioavailability of quinine in laboratory study. Interactions with Herbs and Dietary ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/.../druginfo/natural/patient-clay.html - Drugs and Supplements
  7. White blood cell count - series (image)
    ... WBC counts include epinephrine, allopurinol, aspirin, chloroform, heparin, quinine, corticosteroids, and triamterene. Drugs that may decrease WBC ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/presentations/100151_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Avoiding Drug Interactions (Food and Drug Administration)
    ... buspirone); the anti-malaria drugs Quinerva or Quinite (quinine); and Halcion (triazolam), a medication used to treat ...
    www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/interactions112808.html - External Health Links
  9. Vitamin K
    ... oral vitamin K and increase vitamin K requirements. Quinine, or Quinidine, may increase vitamin K requirements. Dactinomycin, ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/.../druginfo/natural/patient-vitamink.html - Drugs and Supplements
  10. Drug-induced hypoglycemia
    ... inhibitors Metformin when used with sulfonylureas Pentamidine Quinidine Quinine Sulfonylureas
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000310.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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