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Hi everyone,
I was put on the clindamycin and quinine yesterday and have had severe breathing problems since taking the quinine.
I did the clindamycin first, waited several hours, then did the quinine, opened up the cap and did 1/3 to see how I reacted to it, I did get asthma from this, but it later calmed down, then did the 1 cap of the quinine last night, and today, this AM very very short of breath.
Not able to get in touch with LLMD.
Has anyone had this? I called the pharmacist and he said it was a side effect of the quinine.
I have not had a reaction this bad to any of the antibiotics, like this. I had a reaction to plaquenil, but when I awoke the next day I was fine, no shortness of breath.
Has anyone had this happen? It is so terrible I am afraid to take the next cap today. Is there something else you can take with the clindaycin, besides the quinine?
thanks,
Trish
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I found using Quinine water. Which used to hate but do 1 glass a day. Has less problems. After you check with your doc. of coarse. Take Care, get checked out, Kerry
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thanks, I left a message for him.
I have NEVER in my life felt this ill. All I took was 1 clindamycin and 1 quinine last night.
I feel like I will die. I tasted the clindamycin last night, I just recalled this, and I would not believe how potent it was. Maybe I am also so sick from this antibiotic, not sure.
Trish
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I remember reading about someone that posted that Quinine gave them orthostatic hypotension.
This is what Dr B says about Quinine/Clindy:
"Treating Babesia infections had always been difficult, because the therapy that had been recommended until 1998 consisted of a combination of clindamycin plus quinine. Published reports and clinical experience have shown this regimen to be unacceptable, as nearly half of patients so treated have had to abandon treatment due to serious side effects, many of which were disabling. Furthermore, even in patients who could tolerate these drugs, there was a failure rate approaching 50%. Because of these dismal statistics, the current regimen of choice for Babesiosis is the combination of atovaquone (Mepron, Malarone) plus an erythromycin-type drug, such as azithromycin (Zithromax), clarithromycin (Biaxin), or telithromycin (Ketek). This combination was initially studied in animals, and then applied to Humans with good success. Fewer than 5% of patients have to halt treatment due to side effects, and the success rate is clearly better than that of clindamycin plus quinine."
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klutzo
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Quinine derivitives of any type make me stop breathing. I don't touch them after my bad experiences with two of them, one just an over the counter drug for restless legs! Klutzo
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