Most Popular Brands: Plaquenil, Hydroxychlor
Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent and treat acute attacks of malaria. It is also used to treat discoid or systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis in patients whose symptoms have not improved with other treatments.
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| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 21 |
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3 | ||
| Arthritis | 12 |
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4 | ||
| lupus | 12 |
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1 | ||||
| Fibromyalgia | 9 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 6 |
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1 | ||||
| Sjogrens syndrome | 5 |
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See all 79 patients currently taking Hydroxychloroquine
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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4 | 29% |
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Doctor's advice
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4 | 29% |
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Other
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4 | 29% |
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Side effects too severe
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3 | 21% |
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See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydroxychloroquine
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Report created on November 23, 2009.