General description
Quinine is an antiparasitic medicine used as a curative treatment for malaria.
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