Quinine is an antimalarial, which is a drug. It’s not used to keep people from getting malaria. Sometimes, you may need to take a different drug (like primaquine) to kill the malaria parasites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer up-to-date advice on preventing and treating malaria in different parts of the world.
Quinine Sulfate: How to Use It
Take the medicine by mouth with food to help settle your stomach, just as your doctor told you to. Most people take the medicine every 8 hours for 3 to 7 days, or as their doctor tells them to.
Take the medicine two to three hours before or after taking aluminum or magnesium-based antacids. These things bind to quinine and keep your body from taking all the drugs.
The dosage and length of treatment depend on your health, the country where you got malaria, any other medicine you may be taking, and how well you respond to treatment.
It’s important to keep taking the medicine as your doctor has told you to. Don’t take more or less of this drug than what the doctor tells you to. Don’t miss any of your doses. If your symptoms improve within a few days of taking the medicine, you should still continue the full course of treatment.Skipping doses or quitting the drug too prematurely may make the illness more difficult to cure and result in a recurrence of the infection.
The medication works best when the amount of drugs in your body is maintained constantly. Take the medicine at the exact times every day. To aid memory, consume it at the identical time each day.
Talk to your doctor if you don’t feel better after 1–2 days of taking the medicine. If you still have a fever after finishing this prescription, call your doctor so they can see if malaria has come back.