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The tonic water that is available without prescription is too dilute to matter as a drug. You would get the permanent vision problems after using it daily for a
by burfog 7y ago
The tonic water that is available without prescription is too dilute to matter as a drug. You would get the permanent vision problems after using it daily for about 500 years, except that you are unlikely to live 500 years anyway.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoHistorically, a gin and tonic was developed to be used as a prophylactic against malaria for British soldiers stationed in areas where malaria was a problem. So it was a medicinal drink. This is easy enough to verify: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_tonic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_and_tonic https://flaviar.com/blog/gin-tonic-history https://flaviar.com/blog/gin-tonic-history http://activehistory.ca/2012/08/gin-and-tonic-a-short-history-of-a-stiff-drink/ http://activehistory.ca/2012/08/gin-and-tonic-a-short-histor... I've done the math. I know how much tonic water you need to drink to be roughly equivalent to being prescribed quinine as a drug for medical use. It's a lot, but not so much that you can't consume that much in a single day. I'm not posting the figures I remember here because I'm not interested in encouraging people to do something like that.
- burfog 7y agoThat tonic, used by British soldiers, is not available. You can get something with less than 1% of the concentration.