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I Have been drinking tonic water as I was told that quinine was good for treating inflammation in arthritis ?

I posted a related question on answers a few days ago and someone said that no matter what- do not drink tonic water if you have arthritis, can anyone please answer this , why not or why can I.Thank you so much.

quinine can have healing properties on arthritis but you would have to drink a lot of it to give you relief quinine in tonic water is also good for digestive indigestion and trapped wind but for arthritic pain it self you would be better off with a tablet called quinine sulphate or another herbal is cod liver oil or glucosamine good luck

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8 Responses to “I Have been drinking tonic water as I was told that quinine was good for treating inflammation in arthritis ?”

  1. hannahboo Says:
    November 6th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    well have you tried drinking tonic water? has it helped? has it made it worse? only you will know .
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  2. sassydude64 Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 12:44 am

    i have always felt that Tonic or quinine water is good for muscle cramps. Most medicines for that are quinine compound’s
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  3. Robin Darkmere Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 1:17 am

    I have a Diploma with Distinction in Herbal Medicine and I have never heard of quinine relieving the symptoms of arthritis.
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  4. lindz Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 2:06 am

    quinine can have healing properties on arthritis but you would have to drink a lot of it to give you relief quinine in tonic water is also good for digestive indigestion and trapped wind but for arthritic pain it self you would be better off with a tablet called quinine sulphate or another herbal is cod liver oil or glucosamine good luck
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    rn

  5. Dr Frank Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 2:31 am

    I am afraid it makes no real difference to arthritis either way!
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    GP for more years than I care to remember

  6. lads3us Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 3:00 am

    As far as I know the quinine in tonic water does not help inflamation of anything! It does help muscle cramps, but just not one glass of it.
    I know 2 people that sip on 4 ounces of tonic water every night and it has relieved their night time "charlie horses" (muscle cramps). Try some non steroidal anti inflamatories such as aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxyn. If it doesn’t help see your MD.
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    Retired RN

  7. Peter O Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 3:34 am

    yes quinine is good inflammation.i am on paraquine for inflammation
    and joint pain.due to lupus-sle]
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    me/consultant/gp

  8. euro Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 3:44 am

    You are mixing arthritis with malaria I think!
    It won.t make any difference to arthritis if you drink it (or not).
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