Only a few species had bark with a high yield of quinine, but these were not easy ... development of the synthetic anti-malarials such as chloroquine and the extraction by Chinese scientists ...

Quinine is a well known cause of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia; quinine-dependent platelet antibodies have been held responsible for disseminated intravascular coagulation and recurrent ...

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 ...

Chloroquine or the similar compound quinine (an ingredient of tonic water) has been prescribed to prevent cramping. Chloroquine has recently fallen out of favor. Calcium channel blockers have ...

People who have been infected with malaria can be treated using drugs, such as Chloroquine and Quinine Sulphate. In 2000 The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by governments around ...

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 ...

In British colonies, tonic water (which contains large amounts of Quinine) was mixed with gin and became a popular drink. The discovery of Chloroquine (CQ) in the 1930s revolutionized malaria ...

The FDA says no therapeutics or drugs are currently approved to treat or cure the coronavirus An Arizona man has died and his wife is in a critical condition after both ingested chloroquine ...

A mosquito-borne parasitic disease. This causes high fever, severe chills and sweating. Fever, chills, sweating are the ...

The treatment of malaria is becoming increasing difficult. In the poor communities where malaria is endemic, access to antimalarial drugs is limited because of their cost and problems with ...