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Title: Quinine/ tonic water?
Post by bobkeenan on 08/15/14 at 02:39:48

I was having occasional calf cramps that would wake me up the pain was so bad. So last night I took 250mg of a magnesium supplement and a 8oz glass of tonic water (has quinine). Started flaring a little at night and then had a bad night. Really warm, ears flaring, my mind going 90 miles a hour. I did not sleep more than 15 minutes at a time. got up flared ears and a temo of 99.5. My temp always goes up with a bad flare.

I looked on the internet and guess what... Quinine is a potential trigger. I guess I need to do a little rsearch before taking anything new. i just thought that tonic water was pretty benign.

So I am on my max antihistamine and stabilizers and drinking lots of water to flush out the quinine. If it gets any worse I will start taking some prednisone.... But I hate taking that stuff.