The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered firms this week to stop marketing unapproved products containing quinine to treat leg cramps, due to serious health concerns, including death.
Quinine is a drug used to treat malaria, but some firms have been marketing “off label” for treatment of leg cramps. This is an unapproved use of the drug, according to the FDA, because the risks outweigh any benefit of using Quinine to treat leg cramps.
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