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Quinine vs Hydroxychloroquine - What's the difference?

quinine | hydroxychloroquine |

As nouns the difference between quinine and hydroxychloroquine

is that quinine is a bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water while hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug used to reduce inflammation in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

quinine

English

(wikipedia quinine)

Noun

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  • (pharmaceutical drug) A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.
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    • See also

    * Jesuit's bark ----

    hydroxychloroquine

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia hydroxychloroquine)
  • An antimalarial drug used to reduce inflammation in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.