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A. Stop the tonic water! Quinine gives tonic its distinctive bitter flavor but it can cause tinnitus, especially at high doses. Hopefully the hissing sound will gradually go away once the quinine is out of your system.
Report Abuse. Tonic water originally contained only carbonated water and a large amount of quinine. However, most tonic water today contains a medically insignificant amount of quinine, and is thus used for its flavor only. It is consequently less bitter, and is also usually sweetened.Quinine derives from the bark of the Cinchona, a tree grown in the Andes.onic water, however, contains too little quinine to actually prevent malaria. Actually, chemically produced quinine in much larger doses is now preferred. Quinine therapy does not exactly kill malaria either, but tends to reduce fever and malarial symptoms.