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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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Do not know. Just started a month ago.
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for the most part i've felt pretty good with a few ocassional flare up's
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I guess it's my best friend.
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workin
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Causes nausea. Have noted improvement since starting it.
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makes me "seriously" ill to my stomach no matter what time or with what I take them with.
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See comments on Plaquenil.
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don't really know if it continues to help. It seemed to in the beginning
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I didn't like the fact that this drug was dangerous to my eyesight & hard on the liver also made me sun-sensitive.
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THIS MED.GOT ME OUT OF THE WHEEL CHAIR AFTER 6MONTHS.THE DOCTOR'S WERE AMAZED.STILL TAKEN 200MG.ONCE A DAY!! GOOD LUCK
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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] -
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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] -
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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] -
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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]
