Quinidine WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Quinidine
Quinidine is a medication used to treat irregular heartbeats and is derived from the bark of the cinchona tree.1 It can also be used to treat malaria.2 Common side effects include diarrhea, headaches, fatigue and insomnia.3
Fast Facts:
- Arrhythmia, chest pain, skin rash or hearing or vision changes should be reported immediately.3
- Avoid grapefruit juice while using quinidine.4
- Sold under brand names Quinaglute, Quindex, and Quinora.
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What is Quinidine?
- Wikipedia: Quinidine
- Gold Standard (via DrugDigest): Quinidine Sulfate Tablets: What Is/Are Quinidine Sulfate Tablets?
- Cerner Multum (via Drugs.com): Quinidine
What are the Uses for Quinidine?
- American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) (via MedlinePlus): Quinidine Oral: Why Is This Medication Prescribed?
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Quinidine - Oral (Quinaglute, Quinidex, Quinora): Uses
- PharmGKB: Quinidine: Properties: Indications
What are the Side Effects, Interactions and Precautions for Quinidine?
- ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Quinidine Oral: What Side Effects Can This Medication Cause? | What Special Precautions Should I Follow? | What Special Dietary Instructions Should I Follow?
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Quinidine - Oral (Quinaglute, Quindex, Quinora): Side Effects | Drug Interactions | Precautions | Warning
- Wikipedia: Quinidine: Side Effects and Other Uses
What are the Alternatives to Quinidine?
- OrganizedWisdom: Disopyramide
- OrganizedWisdom: Procainimide
- OrganizedWisdom: Quinine
What are the Holistic Alternatives to Quinidine?
- Alive.com: Herbs for Your Heart
- MedlinePlus: Herbs and Supplements: Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Global Minimum: Eradicate Malaria
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Quinidine
- Yahoo Answers: Is Quinine and Quinidine The Same Drug?
- Google Groups: What Is Quinidine?
- HealthBoards: Skipped Beats/PVC's When Bending or Twisting
Clinical Trials for Quinidine
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Quinidine Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trials of Quinidine
Abuse of Quinidine
- ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Quinidine Oral: In Case of Emergency/Overdose
- First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Quinidine - Oral (Quinaglute, Quinidex, Quinora): Overdose
- Gold Standard (via DrugDigest): Quinidine Sulfate Tablets: How Should I Use This Medicine?
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Quinidine
- Google Scholar: List of Quinidine Articles
- PubMed Central: Quinidine Article Listing
- JAMA: Archive of Quinidine Articles
Research Notes References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Quinidine
- ↑ American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) (via MedlinePlus): Quinidine Oral: Why Is This Medication Prescribed?
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Quinidine Oral: What Side Effects Can This Medication Cause?
- ↑ ASHP (via MedlinePlus): Quinidine Oral: What Special Dietary Instructions Should I Follow?
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Quinide, Quinidine Precautions, Quinidine for the Heart, Quinidine Dosage
- Last update: Jul. 9, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
