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Quinacrine (mepacrine)
(familiar brand name: Atabrine)
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Often comes in: 100 mg. tablets
Quinacrine can be used in treating giardia,
malaria, and tapeworm, but is not the best
medicine for any of these. It is used because it
is cheap. Quinacrine often causes headache,
dizziness, and vomiting.
Dosage of quinacrine for treating giardia:
Give quinacrine 3 times a day for a week.
Dosage of quinacrine for treating giardia that lasts
6 months or longer, give quinacrine 3 times a day for
2 to 3 weeks.
In each dose give:
adults: one 100 mg. tablet
children under 10 years: 50 mg. (½ tablet)
FOR VAGINAL INFECTIONS
Vaginal discharge, itching, and discomfort can
be caused by different infections, the most common
of which are trichomonas, yeast (Candida,
moniliasis). and bacteria. Cleanliness and vinegar-
and-water douches (vaginal washes) help many
vaginal infections. Specific medicines are also
listed below.
White vinegar for vaginal douches
(washes):
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Mix 2 or 3 tablespoons of white vinegar in a liter
of boiled water. As shown on page 241, give 1 to 3
douches a day for a week, then 1 every other day.
This works especially well for bacterial infections of
the vagina.
Dosage of quinacrine for treating tapeworm:
(Half an hour before giving quinacrine, give an
antihistamine like promethazine to help prevent
vomiting.)
Give 1 large dose only:
adults: 1 g. (10 tablets)
children 8 to 12 years: 600 mg. (6 tablets)
children 3 to 7 years: 400 mg. (4 tablets)
Metronidazole, tablets to be taken by mouth and
vaginal inserts (see p. 368):
For trichomonas and bacteria, infections of
the vagina. (Only use metronidazole for bacterial
infections if vinegar and water douches do not
work.)
Nystatin or Miconazole, tablets, cream, and
vaginal inserts (see p. 372):
For yeast infection (Candida, moniliasis) of the
vagina.
DANGER! DO NOT USE!
Hydroxyquinolines (clioquinol,
iodoquinol, di-iodohydroxyquinoline,
halquinol, broxyquinoline) (familiar brand
names: Diodoquin, Amicline, Floraquin,
Enteroquinol, Chlorambin, Nivembin, Quogyl,
Entero-Vioform, and many other brands)
These medicines were commonly used
in the past to treat diarrhea. They are now
known to sometimes cause permanent
paralysis, blindness, and even death. Do not
use these dangerous medicines. (See p. 51.)
Gentian violet (crystal violet) (see p. 370):
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For treatment of yeast infection (Candida,
moniliasis) and other infections of the vulva and
vagina.