Drilldown: Medicines

Hydroxychloroquine (1)

Plaquenil; mostly prescribed generically (1)

[[:Category:Antimalarials|Antimalarial (4-aminoquinoline)]] (1) · [[:Category:DMARDs|DMARD]] (1) · [[:Category:Immunomodulators|Immunomodulator]] (1)

None (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-000007E7-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000007E8-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000007E9-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000007EA-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-000007EB-QINU`"' (1)

200-400 mg PO daily; '''dose by actual body weight ≤5 mg/kg/d''' to reduce retinopathy risk (AAO 2016 guideline) (1)

200 mg tablets; 100 mg/5 mL suspension (1)

None · Indication-specific · 40 mg/d · 10 mg/d · 20 mg/d · 80 mg/d · 10 mg/d (adults) · 100 mg/d · 4 g/d · 400 mg/d · 40 mg/d typical; up to 240 mg/d for Zollinger-Ellison · 5 mg/d · 50 mg/d · 600 mg/d · No fixed ceiling; titrate to clinical effect and tolerability with CDC opioid prescribing guidance constraints on morphine-milligram-equivalent (MME) totals · No fixed maximum; titrated to TSH target · TID per eye · Titrated to glucose; no fixed ceiling · Titrated to glucose; no fixed maximum · '''20 mg/day in adults >60 years''' per FDA's 2011-2012 QT-prolongation warning; 40 mg/day in adults ≤60

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Oral (1)

Rheumatologic effect at 6-12 weeks (1)

Weeks (long half-life) (1)

~40 days (terminal; reflects extensive tissue distribution)'"`UNIQ--ref-000007EC-QINU`"' (1)

70-75% (oral)'"`UNIQ--ref-000007ED-QINU`"' (1)

Long-considered safe in pregnancy for lupus and other rheumatologic indications; benefits typically outweigh.<sup class="pcp-cn" title="This claim needs a citation.">&#91;[[Pharmacopedia:Citation needed|citation&nbsp;needed]]&#93;</sup> (1)

[[USLegal:Prescription only|Rx-only]] in US (1)