Hydroxychloroquine

🧮 Dose calculator

Rheumatoid arthritis · Regimen source: FDA Hydroxychloroquine · 2.3

• • Maintenance 200–400 mg/day. More than 5 mg/kg/day (actual weight) increases retinopathy. FDA Hydroxychloroquine · 2.3

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Hydroxychloroquine · 8.1

  “Risk Summary Prolonged clinical experience over decades of use and available data from published epidemiologic and clinical studies with hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets use in pregnant women have not identified a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage, or adverse maternal, or fetal outcomes ( see …”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Hydroxychloroquine · 8.2

  “Risk Summary Published lactation data report that hydroxychloroquine is present in human milk at low levels.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Hydroxychloroquine · 8.4

  “The safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets have been established in pediatric patients for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria due to P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. vivax , and P. ovale, as well as for the prophylaxis of malaria in geographic areas where chloroquine resistance is not …”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Hydroxychloroquine · 8.5

  “In general, dose selection in geriatric patients should start with the lowest recommended dose, taking into consideration the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.