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Enoch Choi, MD - Family Medicine

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Urgent Care Palo Alto - CA

This forum is for questions and support regarding arthritis issues such as: Arthritis, Autoimmune Disease, Bursitis, Fibromyalgia, Gout, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, Myositis, Neuralgia, Osteoarthritis, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sciatica, Tendinitis, Vasculitis.

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by golden380, Feb 20, 2008 08:41PM

Tags: lower back discs

i have arthritis is my discs in my back. i have been given quinine for it i would like to know why and what does it do to help

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by Enoch Choi, MD

, Mar 20, 2008 11:03AM

To: golden380

quinine is one of the oldest remedies for muscle cramps

wouldn't do much for ruptured or slipped discs

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