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What is Hydroxychloroquine?

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. Read more...Click to read more below

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) 246 52 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 235 37 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Arthritis pain 29 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 26 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Rheumatoid Arthritis 22 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 20 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 517 patients currently taking Hydroxychloroquine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 16
Moderate
 25
Mild
 37
None
 65

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hydroxychloroquine

Stomach pain 7
Nausea 6
Blurry vision 4
Darkening of hyperpigmentated skin spots 4
Fatigue 4
Diarrhea 4
See all 60 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hydroxychloroquine. See all 20 dosages ►

  200mg as needed 25 mg daily 200 mg m,w,f 125 mg daily 200 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 137 Number of Patients: 137 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 366 Number of Patients: 366 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydroxychloroquine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 67   Did not seem to work: 39%
Side effects too severe 53   Side effects too severe: 30%
Doctor's advice 44   Doctor's advice: 25%
Other 21   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 9   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Expense 3   Expense: 2%
Personal research 3   Personal research: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 3   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 2%

See all 153 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydroxychloroquine

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Hydroxychloroquine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Hydroxychloroquine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hydroxychloroquine

Always
 121 85%
Usually
 15 10%
Sometimes
 2 1%
Never
 5 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydroxychloroquine

Very
 4 3%
Somewhat
 14 10%
A little
 19 13%
Not at all
 106 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydroxychloroquine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 3 4%
$25-49
 6 7%
< $25
 76 89%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.