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Uses:

• Your doctor will tell you how much to take and how often.
• Take this medicine exactly as your doctor ordered, even if you feel fine.
• Take on an empty stomach - 1 hour before or 2 hours after meals. Your doctor may tell you to take this medicine with food or milk to avoid stomach upset.
• Swallow the extended-release tablet whole - do not break, chew, or crush.
• You may need to carry identification so others will know that you are taking quinidine. Ask you doctor about this.

• Take the missed dose as soon as you can unless you are more than 2 hours late, or 4 hours if you are taking extended-release tablets.
• If you are more than 2 hours late (4 hours for the extended-release tablets), skip the missed dose and take the medicine at your usual time.
• You should not use two doses at the same time.

Storage:

• Store at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children.

Special precautions:

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are taking other heart medicines such as Procan®, Lanoxin®, Cordarone®, or Inderal®, blood thinners such as Coumadin®, acetazolamide (Diamox®), or pimozide (Orap®).

Warnings:

• Check with your doctor before taking quinidine if you have blood, kidney or liver disease, asthma, an infection, psoriasis (a skin disease), or overactive thyroid.
• Tell your doctor or dentist that you are taking quinidine before you have any kind of surgery.
• Do not suddenly stop taking this medicine without checking with your doctor.
• Talk with your doctor before taking quinidine if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Quinidine may make you dizzy or drowsy. Be careful if you drive a car or operate machinery.

Side Effects:

• Chest pain
• Shortness of breath or trouble breathing
• Blurred vision or ringing in the ears
• Fever
• Skin rash, severe itching or hives
• Unusual bruising or bleeding
• Dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting
• Bitter taste
• Headache or confusion
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea, stomach cramps, or loss of appetite
• Tiredness or weakness