What are plaquenil tablets used for?
Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent or treat malaria caused by mosquito bites. The United States Center for Disease Control provides updated guidelines and travel recommendations for the prevention and treatment of malaria in different parts of the world.
Is plaquenil the same as hydroxychloroquine sulfate?
PLAQUENIL (hydroxychloroquine sulfate) tablets contain 200 mg hydroxychloroquine sulfate, equivalent to 155 mg base, and are for oral administration.
What does hydroxychloroquine do to your body?
Hydroxychloroquine is in a class of drugs called antimalarials. It works by killing the organisms that cause malaria. Hydroxychloroquine may work to treat rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus by decreasing the activity of the immune system.
Is 200 mg Plaquenil enough?
Usually, the maintenance dosage of Plaquenil for RA is 200 mg to 400 mg daily. And this total daily dosage may also be taken as a single dose once daily or as divided doses twice daily.
Is Plaquenil an antibiotic?
What Is Plaquenil? Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) is an antimalarial medication used to treat or prevent malaria, a disease caused by parasites, which enter the body through the bite of a mosquito. Plaquenil is also used to treat symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and discoid or systemic lupus erythematosus.
Is Plaquenil a steroid?
Plaquenil is an antimalarial medication and prednisone is a glucocorticoid. Side effects of Plaquenil and prednisone that are similar include nausea, vomiting, or headache.
Is plaquenil a steroid?
Do you gain weight on Plaquenil?
Weight changes Plaquenil suppresses appetite. Therefore, most people who experience body weight changes from taking Plaquenil experience weight loss. Some people taking Plaquenil may experience weight gain from fluid retention, but weight gain is generally not a common side effect of Plaquenil.
How common is hair loss with Plaquenil?
Hair loss is not a documented side effect of Plaquenil. If it does occur, it is so extremely rare that it is not documented in the literature. In fact, hydroxychloroquine is actually used to prevent hair loss from other medications.
Does Plaquenil cause hair loss?
Can Plaquenil cause hair loss?