Efficacy of a low dose oral quinine therapy in Plasmodium falciparum cases of Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh in India.

A low dose oral quinine schedule with 1050 mg in two divided doses daily for five days was tried for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum cases in Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, in areas where resistance to chloroquine was confirmed. The drug schedule was found effective in 76.92 per cent cases. The treatment was also found effective in 45.55 per cent of the known chloroquine resistant P. falciparum cases. The drug in this low dose was well tolerated and clinical response was quick.