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BRAND NAME : Plaquenil
CHEMICAL CONTENTS: Hydroxychloroquine
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Plaquenil
Plaquenil Uses:
Plaquenil is prescribed for the prevention and treatment of certain forms of malaria.
Plaquenil is also used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis such as swelling, inflammation, stiffness, and joint pain. It is also prescribed for lupus erythematosus, a chronic inflammation of the connective tissue.
Plaquenil Dosage:
Adults : Restraint or Prevention of Malaria
Plaquenil usual dose is 400 mg taken once every 7 days on exactly the same day of each week. If circumstances permit, preventive therapy should begin 2 weeks prior to exposure. If this is not possible, your doctor will have you take a starting dose of 800 mg, which may be divided into 2 doses taken 6 hours apart. You should continue this suppressive therapy for 8 weeks after leaving the area where malaria occurs.
Acute Attack of Malaria
Plaquenil usual starting dose is 800 mg, to be followed by 400 mg in 6 to 8 hours and 400 mg on each of 2 consecutive days.
Alternatively, your doctor may prescribe a single dose of 800 mg.
Lupus Erythematosus
Plaquenil usual starting dose for adults is 400 mg once or twice daily. You will continue to take this dose for several weeks or months, depending on your response. For longer-term maintenance therapy, your doctor may reduce the dose to 200 to 400 mg per day.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Plaquenil usual starting dose for adults is 400 to 600 mg a day taken with a meal or a glass of milk. If your condition improves, usually within 4 to 12 weeks, your doctor will reduce the dose to a maintenance level of 200 to 400 mg daily.
Plaquenil Contraindications :
If you are sensitive to or have ever had an allergic reaction to Plaquenil or similar drugs such as Aralen and Chloroquine, you should not take this medication. Make sure your doctor is aware of any drug reactions you have experienced.
Plaquenil should not be prescribed if you have suffered partial or complete loss of vision in small areas while taking this medication or similar drugs. Notify your doctor of any past or present visual changes you have experienced.
Plaquenil drug should not be used for long-term therapy in children.
Plaquenil Side Effects:
Plaquenil Side effects of treatment for an acute malarial attack may include : Abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dizziness, heart problems, lack or loss of appetite, mild headache, nausea, vomiting
Plaquenil Overdose:
Symptoms of an overdose of Plaquenil may occur within 30 minutes. They include : Convulsions, drowsiness, headache, heart problems and failure, inability to breathe, visual problems
Plaquenil Missed dose:
And you take 1 dose every 7 days, take it as soon as you remember, then go back to your regular schedule.
If you take 1 dose a day and you miss your dose, take it as soon as you remember. If you do not remember until the next day, skip the one you missed and go back to your regular schedule.
If you take more than one dose a day, take it as soon as you remember if it is within an hour or so of the missed time. If you do not remember until later on, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.
Plaquenil Storage:
Store Plaquenil at room temperature, away from heat, light, and moisture.
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