Letter

Rectal quinine for malaria: Authors' reply

BMJ 2006; 332 doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1216-b (Published 18 May 2006)
Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:1216.3

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  1. H Barennes (hubert.barennes@auf.org), epidemiologist,
  2. E Pussard, pharmacologist
  1. Centre Muraz, 01BP390 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
  2. Hôpital du Kremlin Bicêtre, Service de Pharmacologie, France

    EDITOR—Hypoglycaemia resulting from quinine induced hyperinsulinaemia is indeed a side effect of quinine treatment. We assumed that the risk of hypoglycaemia is similar after rectal or intramuscular quinine because rectal administration of doses of 16 or 20 mg/kg …

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