Aangezien er geen indicatie gekend is en er in de literatuur nog hogere dossissen beschreven staan, lijkt dit geen ongewone dosering.
Martindale beschrijft:
“Quinine is given as a number of salts and 100 mg of anhydrous quinine is equivalent to about: […] 121 mg of quinine sulfate.
[…]
A course of treatment with quinine for falciparum malaria usually lasts 7 days and in uncomplicated infections treatment should preferably be given by the oral route. The usual oral dose is 600 mg of quinine salt given every 8 hours for 7 days. For children, a dose of 10 mg of quinine salt per kg body-weight given every 8 hours for 7 days is recommended.
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When used for the relief of nocturnal leg cramps, quinine is given at night in an oral dose of 200 to 300 mg of the sulfate or bisulfate”
