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Saturday, May 4, 2019

Quinine!

So I drink. Yup. I drink before bed. In 1994 I watched a 20/20 on Restless leg syndrome which I have and have had for most my life.  20/20 said studies proved drinking a beer or two before bed stopped RLS. Given I do not like beer and I had friends that over-indulged in the drink of hard liquor and had shown me how to drink down a bit a Scotch....I noticed no RLS those weekend evenings. That said I started having TWO shots of J & B Scotch before bed to this day.
And yes I informed my physician of my choice of poison.  Her pills or my Scotch.  All went well for a decade at the least....then the RLS started coming back...so I once again listened to friends who suggested Quinine or Tonic Water with my Scotch.  The RLS went away but I began having headaches which is not the normal at all for me. Not a headache person. Unless I ingest Lactose which gives me a severe migraine. Otherwise nope no headaches.  So I went to GOOGLE like I do for every question I have in life.

Google told me things that scared me!!  Said Quinine can be fatal.  And number one side effect was headaches.  Ya think??  Now what ?  Bar of soap under the sheets?  Gabapentin?  No No No!!

After a few nights of jumping out of bed five times with leg spasms I am back on Quinine.  Which is truly to treat Malaria.

Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available. 
While used for restless legs syndrome, it is not recommended for this purpose due to the risk of side effects.

Not long ago I had surgery with the complication of A-Fib.  I was treated with a drug called Amniodarone.  No pharmacist or doctor told me I could not mix grapefruit and or TONIC/Quinine with that drug.  By the way Amniodarone is a strong life saving heart medication.  Wouldn't "cha" think someone would have told me... As usual I googled it and saved me own life!  

"I'll just deal. Me and my J & B will just deal....."  







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