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From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: RE: Cramps
Message-ID: <641@rtech.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 02:48:36 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 16 02:48:36 1985
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> My mother spent some time in the hospital with her leg in traction after
> a nasty car accident during which time she developed a tendency to get
> leg cramps. Obviously for a person in traction this is an extreemly
> uncomfortable situation and her doctor prescribed quinine for her. I suggest
> to anyone suffering from muscle cramps to talk to their doctor about
> getting a prescription for quinine. It was quite effective for my mother.
> She continued to take quinine for a couple of years but eventually found
> less and less need for it. There don't seem to be any negative side effects.
> 
> 
> Elizabeth Trojan (tektronix@elizat)

Does tonic water contain enough quinine to have an effect?
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak

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