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Hydroxychloroquine belongs to the family of medicines called antiprotozoals. Protozoa are tiny, one-celled animals. Some are parasites that can cause many different kinds of infections in the body.
This medicine is used to prevent and to treat malaria and to treat some conditions such as liver disease caused b... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | 131 |
73% |
| Sarcoidosis | 24 |
71% |
| Lupus | 6 |
83% |
| Sjogren's Syndrome | 1 |
100% |
| Chronic Myelogenous Leu... | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 74% (167
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Hydroxychloroquine Reviews
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deposits in eyes, had to stop.
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its generic plaquenil.. i have taken it the past 23 years and it has helped considerably.. and it was safe to take during my pregnancy
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generic plaquenil-didn't work for me
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just stopped working
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worked by itself for a year, then added other meds to it. side effects were nausea for a couple of weeks, dry eyes, and eyes more sensitive to bright lights
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Then stopped
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Prescribed this for the combo RA and Sjogrens Syndrome that I have been diagnosed with. At first I had nausea and hair loss, but they subsided with continued use.
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I have been taking this for the past 3 years. Seems the most steady of my medications
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Controls the symptoms of Lupus.
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I started this drug in May, but my rheumatologist told me it would take 4-6 months before it began to help. She said it would help with the tiredness... [More] -
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The non generic name of this drug is plaquenil. I took it alone for my RA and it did nothing. That was many years ago. However I recently started it a... [More] -
Hydroxychloroquine ?
The non generic name of this drug is plaquenil. I took it alone for my RA and it did nothing. That was many years ago. However I recently started it a... [More] -
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Hi Pat, I have been put on this and so far no side effects. It has been almost 6 months. They arent sure if it working as much as they would like but... [More] -
Hydroxychloroquine ?
I was on this med for over a year. It is an anti-malarial drug with properties which seem to surpress auto-immune problems linked to inflammation and ... [More]
