How much tonic water would be too much to drink in one day? It has quinine so I'm trying to estimate how much a person would need to drink, but I don't know how much of tonic water is too much.
2007-02-23 13:00:12 · 2 answers · asked by glance 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
About 4L would be too much for a person to drink.
2007-02-25 04:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by Shane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you drink tonic water, I would be more worried about getting too much sugar than too much quinine.
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I can see where you're going with this. You're tossing back that fourth gin and tonic, and you're thinking, Man, I'm really marinating the old hypothalamus here. But at least I won't get malaria.
Nice try, sport, but no dice. Tonic water contains less than 20 milligrams of quinine per six fluid ounces. The recommended quinine dosage for treatment of malaria is two or three 200-350 milligram tablets three times a day. If you drink the equivalent of that in gin and tonics, malaria will be the least of your problems.
2007-02-23 13:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋