Quinine is one of the oldest drugs in the pharmacopeia and during the time, chloroquine was failing, quinine came useful for the treatment of severe … - Chinedum Babalola
" "Quinine is one of the oldest drugs in the pharmacopeia and during the time, chloroquine was failing, quinine came useful for the treatment of severe malaria until the ACT came on board. Being a drug that can be used to treat cerebral malaria, a life threatening form of malaria, only the quinine suppository would be useful in the rural areas where chances of giving it by intravenous injection may not be possible.
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About Chinedum Babalola
Chinedum Peace Babalola (née Anyabuike) FAS, FAAS is a Nigerian Professor of Pharmaceutical chemistry and Pharmacokinetics. She teaches Pharmacy at the University of Ibadan, FAS, and FAAS while also being the first Vice Chancellor of Chrisland University, Nigeria
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Work on quinine suppository has been on for so many years. Preliminary studies on the quinine suppository in rabbits indicated that it had antimalarial properties. However, the bioavailability is low. At the moment, one of our investigators is currently working in the USA on increasing its bioavailability to get an optimum product that will release the necessary level that they need. This will then be followed by more clinical trials.
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