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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 455 78 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) 403 84 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Arthritis pain 42 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 28 12 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
MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease) 22 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 801 patients currently taking Hydroxychloroquine

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 40
Moderate
 43
Mild
 46
None
 95

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

Nausea 12
Diarrhea 9
Stomach pain 8
Headaches 6
Nausea and vomiting 6
Blurry vision 6
See all 97 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hydroxychloroquine. See all 27 dosages ►

  200mg as needed daily 25 mg daily 200 mg weekly 200 mg m,w,f 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily 600 mg daily 800 mg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 206 Number of Patients: 206 12 Number of Patients: 12 573 Number of Patients: 573 8 Number of Patients: 8 7 Number of Patients: 7  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydroxychloroquine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 100   Did not seem to work: 36%
Side effects too severe 99   Side effects too severe: 36%
Doctor's advice 72   Doctor's advice: 26%
Other 32   Other: 12%
Course of treatment ended 13   Course of treatment ended: 5%
Personal research 8   Personal research: 3%
Change in health plan coverage 5   Change in health plan coverage: 2%
Expense 4   Expense: 1%
Not indicated 3   Not indicated: 1%

See all 245 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
 188 84%
Usually
 21 9%
Sometimes
 3 1%
Never
 12 5%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydroxychloroquine

Very
 10 4%
Somewhat
 19 8%
A little
 25 11%
Not at all
 170 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydroxychloroquine

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 4 3%
$25-49
 12 9%
< $25
 118 88%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.