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Hydroxychloroquine. Hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil among others, is a medication used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to chloroquine. Other uses include treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda.
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are anti-malarial medications also used against some auto-immune diseases. [1] Chloroquine, along with hydroxychloroquine, was an early experimental treatment for COVID-19. [2] Neither drug has been useful to prevent or treat SARS-CoV-2 infection. [3][4][5][6][7][8] Administration of chloroquine or ...
Serious side effects include problems with vision, muscle damage, seizures, and low blood cell levels. [1][4] Chloroquine is a member of the drug class 4-aminoquinoline. [1] As an antimalarial, it works against the asexual form of the malaria parasite in the stage of its life cycle within the red blood cell. [1]
These Are the Most Common Side Effects You Can Expect From the Brand New 2024 COVID Vaccine, According to Doctors. Erica Sweeney. September 5, 2024 at 10:25 AM. Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images.
Headache. Muscle pain. Chills. Nausea. Fever. But remember: “If you have side effects, they’re usually due to your immune system responding to the vaccine, which is how vaccines work,” says ...
Chloroquine retinopathy. Chloroquine retinopathy is a form of toxic retinopathy (damage of the retina) caused by the drugs chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine, which are sometimes used in the treatment of autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. This eye toxicity limits long-term use of the drugs.
It should be administered in a 7-day course with 4 mg/kg given per day for three days, followed by 1.6 mg/kg for three days. Side effects of the drug are few but include potential neurotoxicity developing if high doses are given. [citation needed] Artesunate is a hemisuccinate derivative of the active metabolite dihydroartemisin.
Malaria prophylaxis. Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of malaria. Several malaria vaccines are under development. For pregnant women who are living in malaria endemic areas, routine malaria chemoprevention is recommended. It improves anemia and parasite level in the blood for the pregnant women and the birthweight in their infants.