Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), people who have been prescribed hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) and chloroquine (Aralen) to treat their lupus and other autoimmune diseases are experiencing ...
Typically, the regulations require doctors to write a diagnosis on the prescription. The Arthritis Foundation and the Lupus Foundation have tips and information for patients who are taking ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reportedly taken down advice for doctors on prescribing a controversial anti-malarial drug to treat COVID-19 patients. Hydroxychloroquine ...
A group of Kansas senators charged with steering public health policy bundled unvetted anti-vax provisions to a bill that would promote ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as off-label drugs for ...
Hydroxychloroquine is prescribed for autoimmune diseases, such as arthritis and lupus. It can also be used to prevent or treat malaria, according to the Mayo Clinic. It's available in the U.S. by ...
Prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a potential COVID-19 treatment during the early months of the pandemic, shot up by 59 percent during March ...
A Florida doctor said Thursday that a local CVS pharmacy refused to fill a hydroxychloroquine prescription for his coronavirus positive patient. "When my assistant gave the COVID-19 diagnosis CVS said ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A study released Friday by the medical journal The Lancet shows that seriously ill COVID-19 patients who took hydroxychloroquine were more likely to die or develop dangerous ...