MITTENT" AND "REMITTENT" FEVERS BY THE HYPODERMIC INJECTION OF QUININE. By Assistant Surgeon, John Candy, M.D., 109^/t Regiment. During the past year, I have made careful observations on the treatment of "intermittent fever" by the hypodermic injection of quinine. The first eight cases were injected in the arm, at the insertion of the deltoid, with a solution of quinine dissolved by the aid of ...

Quinine has been one of the most effective drugs for the treatment of malaria since its introduction into clinical use several centuries ago. It is the drug of choice in severe falciparum malaria. Although the efficacy of the drug has gradually declined against malaria strains in various parts of Southeast Asia, resistance has not yet become a worldwide problem. Treatment failures from quinine ...

A case of ocular quinine toxicity is described which showed the typical acute visual loss and subsequent recovery. Vermiform motion of the pupil was noted 48 hours after overdose. This acute effect has not been reported before. Although acute systemic intoxication may respond to removal of quinine from the gut and circulation, there is no evidence that any treatment affects the visual prognosis...

Twenty-six patients with severe falciparum malaria were randomized to be treated with quinine or artemether. Twelve patients received quinine at the standard dose and fourteen patients received artemether intramuscularly at a total dose of 640 mg over 7 days. The patients were kept in the hospital for at least 7 days. Peripheral smear was performed 6-hourly until there was no parasitemia, then ...

The relationships between the pharmacokinetic properties of quinine during a 7-day treatment course and the therapeutic response were studied in 30 adult patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria monitored for > or = 28 days. All patients received a 7-day oral quinine regimen either alone (n = 22) or in combination with rifampin (n = 8). The median fever clearance time was 58.5 h, and the ...

When developing new drugs appropriate markers for detecting induction and inhibition of cytochrome P450 3A enzymes (CYP3A) are needed. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the quinine/3-hydroxyquinine metabolic ratio (quinine MR) with other suggested markers for CYP3A induction: endogenously formed 4β-hydroxycholesterol, midazolam clearance in plasma and the 6β-hydroxycortisol/cortisol ...

Article history: Received on: 01/11/2015 Revised on: 26/11/2015 Accepted on: 22/12/2015 Available online: 27/02/2016 Liquid chromatographic method was developed and validated for quantitative determination of quinine in polymeric nanoparticles. The method was performed using a Waters RP-18 column using a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile:water:triethylamine (60:40:0.01 v/v/v, and pH aqueo...

Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DITP) is caused by drug-dependent antibodies (DDAbs) that are nonreactive in themselves but bind tightly to specific platelet membrane glycoproteins (GP) when soluble drug is present at pharmacologic concentrations. This reaction takes place without covalent linkage of drug to the target, indicating that drug does not function as a classical hapten to promo...