HealthBoards Bulletin Board; Parkinson's Disease; Drinking Tonic or Quinine water? ... I tried drinking quinine or tonic water for the terrible dystonia I got in my left foot. It didn't work. I think there isn't enough quinine in it to make any difference. I also tried quinine pills, and they didn't work either.
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Heroin may be diluted with quinine (Lupovich et al., 1970). Quinine has often been used as an abortifacient. It has also been used has antipyretic and analgesic. Tonic water contains approximately 80 mg/L quinine sulphate as a flavouring agent.
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Tonic water is carbonated water flavored with fruit extracts, sugar and quinine. It is also known as Indian Tonic Water or just Tonic. ... The flavoring agent quinine is a bitter alkaloid from the bark of the cinchona tree. It is used as the base flavor in most bitters, and is also used in the treatment of malaria.
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Some physicians recommend giving a glass of tonic water before bed. I have never seen any studies evaluating this suggestion, but it might help and wouldn't hurt. Plenty of fluids should make cramping less likely.
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In Reply to: Tonic Water/ Quinine posted by Joel on June 09, 2000 at 01:09:42: ... IF a person cannot afford to take quinine tablets - cost is $7.50 per tablet (travel to India involved in September), how much tonic water does the person need to drink every day?
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As we've seen the development of the story that is quinine and its inherent dangers when being used for purposes other than treating malaria, ... Specifically, it appears that quinine is still an integral ingredient in tonic water sold around the world due to the bitter taste it provides. We'd like to take a look at why this...
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Q. Since quinine sulfate is no longer available for leg cramps, I wonder if there is any danger in drinking "tonic water" just for the flavor. Quinine is an ingredient, I believe. A. Although the FDA has banned the use... ... I decided to try quinine tonic water on the recommendation of a friend. The taste was horrible and...
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Aside from the treatment of malaria, quinine has also been used as a flavouring, and it provides the bitter taste in tonic water. In fact, "gin and tonic" was originally consumed in the past to prevent attacks of malaria (Upfal,1991).
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Dangers of tonic wa... ... Quinine water good ... ... Also called tonic, tonic water.
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