“…However, use of quinine sulfate has side-effects such as cinchonism, optical atrophy, thrombocytopenia, arrhythmia, hemolytic uremic syndrome and interaction with drugs such as digoxin and warfarin (Wolf et al, 1992;Goldenberg&Wexler, 1988;Kojouri et al, 2001;Pedersen et al, 1985). There are also studies showing that muscle cramp development is reduced by administering 400 mg/day vitamin E, 250 mg/day vitamin C (Khajehdehi et al, 2001), 12 gm of creatinin monohydrate before dialysis (Chang et al,2002), prozosin (0.25-1 mg) (Sidhom et al, 1994) and L-carnitine (Bellinghieri et al, 1983). However, the safety of using vitamin C above 200 mg for a long time is not proven (Kobrin et al, 2007).…”