Hydroxychloroquine: Uses and Side Effects

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What is hydroxychloroquine used for?

Hydroxychloroquine is a quinoline medicine used to treat or prevent malaria, a disease caused by parasites that enter the body through the bite of a mosquito. Malaria is common in areas such as Africa, South America, and Southern Asia. This medicine is not effective against all strains of malaria.

Can hydroxychloroquine be crushed?

Do not crush or break a hydroxychloroquine tablet. To treat lupus or arthritis, hydroxychloroquine is usually taken daily. To prevent malaria: Hydroxychloroquine is usually taken once per week on the same day each week. Start taking the medicine 2 weeks before entering an area where malaria is common.

How long should I take hydroxychloroquine?

Keep taking the medicine during your stay and for at least 4 weeks after you leave the area. To treat malaria: Hydroxychloroquine is usually given as one high dose followed by smaller doses during the next 2 days in a row. Use this medicine for the full prescribed length of time, even if your symptoms quickly improve.

How do you take hydroxychloroquine?

Take hydroxychloroquine with a meal or a glass of milk unless your doctor tells you otherwise. Do not crush or break a hydroxychloroquine tablet. To treat lupus or arthritis, hydroxychloroquine is usually taken daily. To prevent malaria: Hydroxychloroquine is usually taken once per week on the same day each week.

What is hydroxychloroquine?

Hydroxychloroquine (brand name Plaquenil, Plaquenil Sulfate) is a medicine used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE/Lupus). Hydroxychloroquine is also an antimalarial medicine used to prevent and treat malaria and other parasitic infections.

Is hydroxychloroquine bioavailable?

Hydroxychloroquine is 67-74% bioavailable. 2 Bioavailability of the R and S enantiomers were not significantly different. 2 Following a single 200 mg oral dose of hydroxychloroquine to healthy male volunteers, whole blood hydroxychloroquine C max was 129.6 ng/mL (plasma C max was 50.3 ng/mL) with T max of 3.3 hours (plasma T max 3.7 hours).

What is hydroxychloroquine GH?

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by the presence of parasites in red blood cells. The disease is characterised by chills, fever and sweats. In malaria, Hydroxychloroquine GH destroys the harmful parasite which causes the illness. Your doctor may have prescribed this medicine for another reason.

What Is Hydroxychloroquine

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Hydroxychloroquine Information

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