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From wikipedia > In the United States, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits the quinine content in tonic water to 83 ppm[3] (83 mg per liter if cal
by JamesBarney 7y ago
From wikipedia
> In the United States, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limits the quinine content in tonic water to 83 ppm[3] (83 mg per liter if calculated by mass), while the daily therapeutic dose of quinine is in the range of 500–1000 mg,[4] and 10 mg/kg every eight hours for effective malaria prevention (2100 mg daily for a 70 kg adult).[5] It is often recommended as a relief for leg cramps, but medical research suggests some care is needed in monitoring doses.[6] Because of quinine's risks, the FDA cautions consumers against using "off-label" quinine drugs to treat leg cramps.[7]
For malaria prevention that's 25 liters of tonic or about about 200 gin and tonics per day.
- MarcScott 7y agoClarissa Dickson Wright suffered from organ damage caused by too much quinine, from the copious G&T she drank. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10702639/Clarissa-Dickson-Wright-10-things-you-didnt-know.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10...
- onion2k 7y agoabout about 200 gin and tonics per day Great news. I'll only have to cut down a little.
- will_pseudonym 7y agoThanks for the smile this gave me. Cheers, mate.
- neuronic 7y agoIf you use a spoon to bang against the gin tonic glass 40 times, the gin will be "imprinted" with the tonics chemical attributes. This way, you only need a little tonic and can drink lots of gin! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy
- robertlagrant 7y agolol
- corin_ 7y agoYeah it's pointless now days, modern tonic water is very different to the what they mixed with gin basic when quanine was the purposes rather than a mild flavouring.
- drewcon 7y agoChallenge accepted!
- CPLX 7y agoI wish Douglas Adams were still around to comment on all this.
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