Generic Name : Quinine
TradeName : Falciquin, Kunen, Pbquin, Qinarsol-300, QuiningA, Quin-S, Quinsil, Rez-Q, Rubiquin, Uniquin-EC
Why it is prescribed (Indications) : Quinine is used to prevent and treat malaria and nighttime leg muscle cramps.
When it is to be taken : Quinine usually is taken three times a day for three days for malaria attacks, twice a day for six weeks to prevent or suppress malaria, and at bedtime for leg cramps. Follow the instructions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor to explain any part that you do not understand.
How it should be taken : Quinine comes in the form of capsules and tablets. Your prescription label tells you how much to take at each dose. Since quinine is very bitter, do not chew tablets before swallowing them.
Special Instruction :
1. To prevent or suppress malaria effectively, quinine must be taken regularly.
2. To help you remember your doses, take quinine at the same times that you do other regular activities such as brushing your teeth in the morning and eating dinner.
3. If you forget to take a dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it and take any remaining doses for that day at evenly spaced intervals. However, if you take only one dose per day at bedtime, omit the missed dose completely. Do not take a double dose.
Side Effects :
1. Stomach pain, nausea, vomiting. Take quinine with food or milk. If these effects continue, contact your doctor
2. Dizziness, headache, sweating, restlessness, confusion, apprehension. If these effects persist or are severe, contact your doctor.
3. Allergic rection: skin rash, itching, flushing, difficulty breathing, swelling of the face, fever, ringing ears, vision problems, and stomach distress. Stop taking the drug and contact your doctor at once.
4. Changes in colour vision, blurred or double vision, blind spots, night blindness, difficulty hearing, ringing ears, faintness, easy bruising, unusual bleeding, sore throat, fast heartbeat, chest pain. Contact your doctor immediately.
Other Precautions :
1. Before you take quinine, tell your doctor what prescription and nonprescription drugs you are taking, especially acetazolamide, antacids, anticoagulants, cimetidine, digitoxin, digoxin, and quinidine.
2. Do not take antacids that contain aluminium e.g., aluminium hydroxide or sodium bicarbonate without consulitng your doctor.
3. Before you take quinine, tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breast-feeding, ringing ears, eye problems, or a history of blackwater fever.
4. If you become pregnant while taking quinine, contact your doctor promptly.
5. If you ever had a bad reaction to quinine (or quinidine, a mediction for irregular heartbeat), tell your doctor. Also, avoid tonic water and nonprescription cold preparations that contain quinine.
6. Before having surgery, including dental surgery, tell the doctor that you take quinine.
7. Do not allow anyone else to take your medication.
Storage Conditions :
1. Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of the reach of children.
2. Store it at room temperature and out of direct sunlight.
3. If the tablets or capsules darken, throw them away and obtain a new s
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Quinidine
Generic Name : Quinidine
TradeName : Quinidine sulphate, Quinidine gluconate
Why it is prescribed (Indications) : Quinidine is used to treat irregular heartbeat. It relaxes an overactive heart and improves the efficiency of the heart's pumping action.
When it is to be taken : Quinidine usually is taken every 6, 8, or 12 hours. Follow the instructions on your prescription label, and ask your doctor to explain any part that you do not understand. It is important that you take quindine regularly on the exact schedule prescribed for you , even if you must awaken during the night to take it. Do not skip doses because irregular heartbeats may develop.
How it should be taken : Quinidine comes in the form of tablets, capsules, and long-acting tablets. Your prescription label tells you how much to take at each dose. Do not chew or crush the extended-release tablets; swallow them whole.
Special Instruction :
1. Keep all appointments with your doctor so your response to this drug can be evaluated. You probably will have an electrocardiogram and blood tests periodically.
2. Do not stop taking quinidine without consulting your doctor.
3. Follow your doctor’s advice on diet, exercise, and smoking.
4. Cigarettes and caffeine-containing beverages may increase the irritability of your heart and interfere with the action of quninidine.
5.If you forget to take a dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it and take the next dose at the regularly scheduled time. However, if you remember a missed dose more than halfway to your next scheduled dose (e.g., if you take a dose every eight hours and remember to take your next dose less than four hours before), take it as soon as you remember but skip your next scheduled dose; then resume your regular schedule.
Side Effects :
1. Loss of appetite, abdominal pain and cramps, bitter taste, nausea, diarrhoea. Take the drug with food. Contact your doctor if these effects persist or are severe.
2. Skin rash, fever, unusual bleeding or bruising, ringing in the ears, changes in vision, dizziness, headache, tremor, faintness. Contact your doctor.
Other Precautions :
1. Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding should inform their doctors before taking quinidine.
2. Before you take quinidine, tell your doctor what prescription and nonprescription drugs you are taking, especially antacids, anticoagulants, heart or high blood pressure medication, tranquilizers, Phenobarbital, phenytoin, quinine, and sodium bicarbonate.
3. Before taking quinidine, tell your doctor if you have heart, liver or kidney disease; asthma or other lung disease; myasthenia gravis; muscle weakness; or an infection.
4. Before having surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking quinidine.
5. Tell your doctor if you ever had an allergic reaction to quinidine or quinine.
6. Do not allow anyone else to take this medication.
Storage Conditions :
1. Keep this medication in the container it came in and out of the reach of children.
2. Store it at room temperature and away from light.
TradeName : Quinidine sulphate, Quinidine gluconate
Why it is prescribed (Indications) : Quinidine is used to treat irregular heartbeat. It relaxes an overactive heart and improves the efficiency of the heart's pumping action.
When it is to be taken : Quinidine usually is taken every 6, 8, or 12 hours. Follow the instructions on your prescription label, and ask your doctor to explain any part that you do not understand. It is important that you take quindine regularly on the exact schedule prescribed for you , even if you must awaken during the night to take it. Do not skip doses because irregular heartbeats may develop.
How it should be taken : Quinidine comes in the form of tablets, capsules, and long-acting tablets. Your prescription label tells you how much to take at each dose. Do not chew or crush the extended-release tablets; swallow them whole.
Special Instruction :
1. Keep all appointments with your doctor so your response to this drug can be evaluated. You probably will have an electrocardiogram and blood tests periodically.
2. Do not stop taking quinidine without consulting your doctor.
3. Follow your doctor’s advice on diet, exercise, and smoking.
4. Cigarettes and caffeine-containing beverages may increase the irritability of your heart and interfere with the action of quninidine.
5.If you forget to take a dose, take the missed dose as soon as you remember it and take the next dose at the regularly scheduled time. However, if you remember a missed dose more than halfway to your next scheduled dose (e.g., if you take a dose every eight hours and remember to take your next dose less than four hours before), take it as soon as you remember but skip your next scheduled dose; then resume your regular schedule.
Side Effects :
1. Loss of appetite, abdominal pain and cramps, bitter taste, nausea, diarrhoea. Take the drug with food. Contact your doctor if these effects persist or are severe.
2. Skin rash, fever, unusual bleeding or bruising, ringing in the ears, changes in vision, dizziness, headache, tremor, faintness. Contact your doctor.
Other Precautions :
1. Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding should inform their doctors before taking quinidine.
2. Before you take quinidine, tell your doctor what prescription and nonprescription drugs you are taking, especially antacids, anticoagulants, heart or high blood pressure medication, tranquilizers, Phenobarbital, phenytoin, quinine, and sodium bicarbonate.
3. Before taking quinidine, tell your doctor if you have heart, liver or kidney disease; asthma or other lung disease; myasthenia gravis; muscle weakness; or an infection.
4. Before having surgery, tell the doctor or dentist that you are taking quinidine.
5. Tell your doctor if you ever had an allergic reaction to quinidine or quinine.
6. Do not allow anyone else to take this medication.
Storage Conditions :
1. Keep this medication in the container it came in and out of the reach of children.
2. Store it at room temperature and away from light.
QUETIAPINE
Generic Name : QUETIAPINE
TradeName : PINCALM tab PLACIDIN tab Q PIN tab Q-MIND tab QUEL tab QUEL-SR tab QUETICARE tab QUREA tab QUTACE film-coated tab QUTACE-SR film-coated tab QUTAN tab QUTICOOL tab QUTIPIN SR-tab QUTIPIN tab Q-WIN tab SEROQUIN film-coated tab SIZOQUIT tab SOCALM tab
Why it is prescribed (Indications) : This medication is prescribed for treating schizophrenia i.e. a disorder with includes symptoms like hearing, seeing or sensing things that are not real, mistaken beliefs and thoughts, and problems dealing with other people. It is also used to control the excited moods and depressed moods of bipolar disorder. It is an atypical antipsychotic. It works by changing the activity of certain natural substances in the brain.
When it is not to be taken (Contraindications) : Severe Central Nervous System depression, bone marrow suppression, coma.
When it is to be taken : Oral Schizophrenia Initial: 25 mg twice daily on day 1 increase to 50 mg twice daily on day 2, 100 mg twice daily on day 3 and 150 mg twice daily on day 4. Usual: 300-450 mg/day. Max: 750 mg/day. Bipolar disorder Manic phase: 50 mg twice daily, increase by 50 mg/dose for each subsequent day till 3rd day. Usual: 400-800 mg/day. Increase slowly if needed. Depressive phase: Initial: 50 mg at bedtime on day 1, 100 mg on day 2, 200 mg on day 3, and 300 mg on day 4. May increase to 400 mg on day 5 and 600 mg on day 8 if needed.
How it should be taken : It comes as a tablet and an extended-release tablet to take by mouth. The tablets are usually taken one to three times a day, with or without food. The extended-release tablets are usually taken once a day in the evening without food or with a light meal.
Special Instruction :
1. It may increase in your blood sugar while you are taking this medication, even if you do not already have diabetes. Monitor sugar level, especially in diabetics, signs of clinical worsening, suicidality or unusual changes in behavior. 2. Caution should be exercised in patients with history of seizures; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; involuntary movements, during pregnancy and lactation. 3. It may cause kidney or liver damage. 4. Gradual withdrawal is recommended 5. It may make it harder for your body to cool down when it gets very hot. While you are taking quetiapine, you should avoid excessive exercise, stay inside as much as possible and dress lightly in hot weather, stay out of the sun, and drink plenty of fluids. 6. It may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting when you get up too quickly from a lying position. Get up slowly from bed.
Side Effects :
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Headache, generalized weakness, Drowsiness, restlessness, Dizziness. Fatigue Tremor Abnormal movements, suicidal tendencies.
GI
Dry mouth, Constipation, Impaired digestion, abdominal pain, loss of appetite.
METABOLIC-NUTRITIONAL
Weight Gain, elevations in serum transaminase level, increased appetite, Peripheral edema, increase in blood glucose.
HEART
Increased heart rate, palpitations, postural and orthostatic hypotension.
EYE AND ENT
Nasal congestion, blurred vision.
SKIN
Sweating, skin rash, eruption.
RESPIRATORY
Upper respiratory tract infection, cough, difficult breathing.
BLOOD
Reduction in white blood cells.
MISCELLANEOUS
Fever, decrease in thyroid hormone levels, flu syndrome, increase in blood cholesterol.
Other Precautions :
Do not change the dosage with out consult with your doctor.
Storage Conditions :
Oral: Store at 25°C. Store it in air tight container and keep away from children.
TradeName : PINCALM tab PLACIDIN tab Q PIN tab Q-MIND tab QUEL tab QUEL-SR tab QUETICARE tab QUREA tab QUTACE film-coated tab QUTACE-SR film-coated tab QUTAN tab QUTICOOL tab QUTIPIN SR-tab QUTIPIN tab Q-WIN tab SEROQUIN film-coated tab SIZOQUIT tab SOCALM tab
Why it is prescribed (Indications) : This medication is prescribed for treating schizophrenia i.e. a disorder with includes symptoms like hearing, seeing or sensing things that are not real, mistaken beliefs and thoughts, and problems dealing with other people. It is also used to control the excited moods and depressed moods of bipolar disorder. It is an atypical antipsychotic. It works by changing the activity of certain natural substances in the brain.
When it is not to be taken (Contraindications) : Severe Central Nervous System depression, bone marrow suppression, coma.
When it is to be taken : Oral Schizophrenia Initial: 25 mg twice daily on day 1 increase to 50 mg twice daily on day 2, 100 mg twice daily on day 3 and 150 mg twice daily on day 4. Usual: 300-450 mg/day. Max: 750 mg/day. Bipolar disorder Manic phase: 50 mg twice daily, increase by 50 mg/dose for each subsequent day till 3rd day. Usual: 400-800 mg/day. Increase slowly if needed. Depressive phase: Initial: 50 mg at bedtime on day 1, 100 mg on day 2, 200 mg on day 3, and 300 mg on day 4. May increase to 400 mg on day 5 and 600 mg on day 8 if needed.
How it should be taken : It comes as a tablet and an extended-release tablet to take by mouth. The tablets are usually taken one to three times a day, with or without food. The extended-release tablets are usually taken once a day in the evening without food or with a light meal.
Special Instruction :
1. It may increase in your blood sugar while you are taking this medication, even if you do not already have diabetes. Monitor sugar level, especially in diabetics, signs of clinical worsening, suicidality or unusual changes in behavior. 2. Caution should be exercised in patients with history of seizures; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; involuntary movements, during pregnancy and lactation. 3. It may cause kidney or liver damage. 4. Gradual withdrawal is recommended 5. It may make it harder for your body to cool down when it gets very hot. While you are taking quetiapine, you should avoid excessive exercise, stay inside as much as possible and dress lightly in hot weather, stay out of the sun, and drink plenty of fluids. 6. It may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, and fainting when you get up too quickly from a lying position. Get up slowly from bed.
Side Effects :
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Headache, generalized weakness, Drowsiness, restlessness, Dizziness. Fatigue Tremor Abnormal movements, suicidal tendencies.
GI
Dry mouth, Constipation, Impaired digestion, abdominal pain, loss of appetite.
METABOLIC-NUTRITIONAL
Weight Gain, elevations in serum transaminase level, increased appetite, Peripheral edema, increase in blood glucose.
HEART
Increased heart rate, palpitations, postural and orthostatic hypotension.
EYE AND ENT
Nasal congestion, blurred vision.
SKIN
Sweating, skin rash, eruption.
RESPIRATORY
Upper respiratory tract infection, cough, difficult breathing.
BLOOD
Reduction in white blood cells.
MISCELLANEOUS
Fever, decrease in thyroid hormone levels, flu syndrome, increase in blood cholesterol.
Other Precautions :
Do not change the dosage with out consult with your doctor.
Storage Conditions :
Oral: Store at 25°C. Store it in air tight container and keep away from children.
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