Quinine
- Oral / IV / IMQuinineQuinate
- Mechanism of Action
- Believed to inhibit haem polymerisation, resulting in a buildup of toxic haem molecules into non-toxic haemozoin within the food vacuole of plasmodia.
- Pharmacology
Clinical Use
- Indication
- Acute Plasmodium falciparum infection
- Contraindications
- Adverse Effects