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What is hydroxychloroquine used for?

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F. Manasseh

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Answered Aug 20, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine is basically an anti-malarial drug. It is used mostly to treat acute malaria infection. Most times, hydroxychloroquine is usually prescribed to be taken when traveling to an area where you would be more vulnerable to malaria attacks. Aside from this, hydroxychloroquine can also be used in the treatment of certain diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, discoid and systemic lupus erythematosus and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Mostly, this drug works by regulating the activities of the immunity system. As a result, it will stop the immune system from attacking the joints, especially if a patient is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The benefit of this drug for anyone suffering from any of the diseases is that it will help treat and prevent malaria; it will reduce joint stiffness, pain, and swelling of the joint. At times, you will need to talk about this drug together with other drugs.

Also, it is important to know that it usually takes about 8 to 12 weeks before this drug starts producing these benefits.

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Answered May 17, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine is a medication that is used to prevent malaria, as well as treat it in those who already have it. Malaria is a disease in which parasites enter the body. They are often entered through mosquito bites.

Hydroxychloroquine can also be used to treat symptoms that go along with the conditions of having lupus and arthritis. When using this drug for malaria, it is important to take the drug for the length of time listed on the medication. Symptoms may relieve early, but if the medication is ended too soon, the infection could stay longer. The common length of time for taking this medication is eight weeks.

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Answered May 15, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine is a quinolone medicine used to treat or prevent malaria, a disease caused by a parasite entering the body through the bite of mosquitoes.

Malaria is common in areas like Africa, South America, and also the southern part of Asia. This medicine is not effective against all strains of malaria. It is better used for acute malaria attacks.

The drug is also used as antirheumatic medicine and is used to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in patients whose symptoms have not improved with other treatment and the discoid or systematic lupus erythematosus by decreasing the activity of the immune system.

The drug can also be used to reduce pain, swelling, and also joint stiffness. It can also be used as a combination therapy that means you can take it other drugs.

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M. Klose

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Answered May 12, 2020

There was a time when hydroxychloroquine was the medication that was used to treat malaria. People thought that it was effective, but further research showed that it has some properties that can make it ineffective against all the other strains of malaria. Later on, people have started to use this in order to treat different types of autoimmune diseases.

There are some people who use it in order to treat their lupus. This can also be effective against arthritis. There are some reports that people are trying it out right now supposedly as a treatment against Coronavirus. There are not enough details that will prove that this s effective, though.

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E. Dixon

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Answered May 11, 2020

There are a lot of medications that are available right now but not everyone can be familiar with these different medications that are available. Hydroxychloroquine is a class of medication that is available right now. The first main reason why this was being used is in order to treat malaria. This can also help prevent malaria. Right now, this is used for a lot of other conditions.

For example, this is being used to treat lupus. Some also use it to treat arthritis. Other autoimmune conditions can also be treated with the use of this class of medication. Take note that this is one of the medications that are being tested if it would be effective against COVID 19.

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H. Martin

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Answered May 05, 2020

This medication’s intended purpose is to treat or prevent malaria, which is a disease that is caused by parasites that come into the body because of a mosquito bite. It is also used to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and systematic lupus.

If you are using this drug to treat malaria, you should take the medication for the full prescribed length of time, because even if your symptoms improve before the infection is cleared, you will still need to continue treatment. This drug also helps to prevent malaria.

For this purpose, you should begin taking the medication two weeks before entering an area where malaria is common. Continue to take medicine during your stay and for at least eight weeks after you leave the place. For treating arthritis or lupus, hydroxychloroquine is administered daily for several weeks or months.

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