# E-DRUG: Rectal Administration Quinine **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [March 19, 1998, 10:59am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-rectal-administration-quinine/2314 "1998-03-19T10:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kasama\_District\_Heal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@Kasama\_District\_Heal](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Kasama_District_Heal)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 1998, 10:59am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-rectal-administration-quinine/2314/1 "1998-03-19T10:59:52Z")
E-drug: Rectal Administration Quinine --------------------------------------------- Dear E-druggers, Recently, Dr Wyatt from the University of Leeds, UK, mentioned that quinine can be used rectally by syringe for severe malaria. I would like to ask people who have experience with this whether there is any particular age group in which this works best. In the same message rectal use of non-coated chloroquine tablets was mentioned, e.g. for vomiting patients with non-severe malaria. Again I would like to ask whether there is any particular age group restriction for this way of administering chloroquine. Thank you for your advice, Dr F. Le Bacq, D.M.O., Kasama, Zambia. Kasama District Health Services P.O.BOX 410056, KASAMA, ZAMBIA Telephone : +260-4-221654 or +260-4-221096 Fax : +260-4-221654 -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.