General description
Quinine is an antiparasitic medicine used as a curative treatment for malaria.
ATC codes
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 1977
(TRS
615)
for
Malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Antimalarial medicines > For curative treatment
- Parenteral > General injections > IV: 300 mg per mL in 2 mL ampoule (quinine hydrochloride)
- Oral > Solid: 300 mg (quinine sulfate or quinine bisulfate)
Indications