The study, which included 954 patients assigned to receive hydroxychloroquine, found that the drug, as well as some other treatments “had little or
The paper from Lane and colleagues presents data on the largest available epidemiological study of the safety of hydroxychloroquine, with data primarily from the
The study period was only from March to July 2020, and there was a general lack of data from most countries
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[18] reported that persistently low hydroxychloroquine levels were associated with higher risk of lupus nephritis flares in a study of 82 patients
It is also used to treat autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus
7% of COVID-19 patients given HCQ
Data from a large randomized controlled trial in the United Kingdom showing a benefit from use of the steroid dexamethasone in hospitalized COVID-19 patients was released today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), while two more studies show no benefit for the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine
Herein, we reviewed the main HCQ pharmacologic features, detailed its mechanism of action, and summarized the existing guidelines and recommendations for HCQ use in rheumatology
In June 2020, the FDA ended the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for treatment of COVID-19
"These data convincingly rule out any meaningful mortality benefit," wrote the investigators, who ended the study early and promised to publish the
Hydroxychloroquine-related eye problems were once considered rare, but better detection methods now show they occur in a greater proportion of patients — more than the 7% originally thought
The present analysis of the European pharmacovigilance data concerning hydroxychloroquine has shown a relevant increase of the overall ADR reporting in the period in which the drug has been used also as off‐label treatment in patients infected with COVID‐19 in the absence of even minimal data of clinical efficacy
Maintenance dose: 200 to 400 mg salt (155 to 310 mg base)/day orally divided in 1 or 2 doses
The study itself was huge, including, it claimed, data from 96,000 COVID-19 patients from 671 hospitals on six continents