hydroxychloroquine

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Meaning

anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Plaquenil) used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and malaria and lupus erythematosus

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A 45-year-old woman with SLE told she recently learned that her hydroxychloroquine prescription had been denied due to the high demand for the drug. Source: Internet

“About hydroxychloroquine; first, we do not at any time and in any way support self-medication and if you heard that any person is taking medication of any type, it is obviously something prescribed by his doctor," the minister said. Source: Internet

About 10 of them got hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin together, and the amount of virus they had dropped dramatically. Source: Internet

About 9% of patients taking none of the drugs died in the hospital, versus 16% on chloroquine, 18% on hydroxychloroquine, 22% on chloroquine plus an antibiotic, and 24% on hydroxychloroquine plus an antibiotic. Source: Internet

A more efficient course of action would be to run chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine through clinical tests to first determine their efficacy. Source: Internet

A group of moderately ill people were given hydroxychloroquine, which appeared to ease their symptoms quickly, but more research is needed. Source: Internet

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