Medications
FDA approves IV artesunate for severe malaria
Intravenous (IV) artesunate received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults and children with severe malaria, the agency announced Tuesday.
May 28, 2020
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News tagged with quinine
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New evidence for optimizing malaria treatment in pregnant women
The research, published today in The Lancet Infectious Diseases is the fruit of joint project between investigators from around the world to conduct the largest individual patient data meta-analysis to date under the WWARN ...
Apr 30, 2020
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Medications
Chinchona bark is not a 'cure' for COVID-19 and it could seriously harm those who take it
Posts touting the curative effects of cinchona, or fever tree, bark have recently been circulating on social networks such as Instagram and Facebook. These posts promise a "natural" source of the prescription-only drug chloroquine.
Apr 6, 2020
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Medications
Long-term use of quinine for muscle cramps associated with increased risk of death
Long-term off-label use of quinine, still prescribed to individuals with muscle cramps despite Food and Drug Administration warnings of adverse events, is associated with an increased risk of death, according to a study published ...
May 9, 2017
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