Ingredients/Content

Active ingredients: 400mg of hydroxychloroquine in one tablet

Efficacy/effectiveness

-Originally, hydroxychloroquine is a drug used to prevent and treat "malaria" in areas where the impact of malaria is concentrated. Certain types of malaria, resistant bacteria, and combination of cases usually require either another drug or an additional drug. 

-Hydroxychloroquine is used intermittently not only for malaria, but also for amebic infections, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus diseases that occur outside the intestine. 

-Hydroxychloroquine has anti-inflammatory properties and is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. 

-Hydroxychloroquine is concentrated in the parasite's acidic vesicles and increases the internal pH, inhibiting the parasite's growth.

Usage/capacity

Take hydroxychloroquine as prescribed by your doctor. Follow all instructions on the prescription label. Do not take this drug in larger or smaller amounts, or longer than recommended. Hydroxychloroquine is sometimes provided only once a week. Choose the same day of the week every week and take the drug according to your weekly schedule. Take hydroxychloroquine with your meal or a glass of milk.

-Malaria Prevention: Start taking medication two weeks before entering an area where malaria is common. Continue taking medication during your stay and for at least eight weeks after leaving the area. 

-To treat malaria: Hydroxychloroquine is typically offered for three days, starting at a single high dose and continuing at a smaller dose for the next two days. Take this medication for the time prescribed for malaria. Symptoms may improve before the infection is fully resolved. Use protective clothing, insect repellents, and mosquito nets around your bed to avoid mosquito bites that can cause malaria. If you have been exposed to malaria or have a fever or other symptoms while staying in an area where malaria is common, contact your doctor as soon as possible. There are no drugs that are 100% effective in treating or preventing all kinds of malaria. For best results, continue using the medication as directed. If you have a fever, vomiting, or diarrhea during treatment, consult your doctor. When treating lupus or arthritis, hydroxychloroquine is typically administered daily for weeks or months. For best results, continue using the medication as directed. If symptoms do not improve after 6 months of treatment, consult your doctor.

-Common Adult Doses for Malaria Prevention: Suppression: Oral 400 mg (310 mg base) suppression therapy on the same day every week should be started two weeks before exposure. However, if this fails, the initial dose of 800 mg (620 mg base) can be taken in two split doses (6 hours intervals). The suppression therapy should be continued for eight weeks after leaving the outbreak area. Each dose should be taken with a meal or a glass of milk.

-Typical adult dose for rheumatoid arthritis: Initial dose: oral 400-600 mg (310 to 465 mg base) once a day Maintenance dose: oral 200-400 mg (155-310 mg base) Each dose should be taken once a day with a meal or a glass of milk.

-General adult dosage for systemic lupus erythematosus: circular and systemic lupus erythematosus: initial dosage: 400 mg once or twice a day (310 mg base) oral dosage: 200 to 400 mg (155 to 310 mg base) once a day, depending on the patient's response; each dose should be taken with a meal or a glass of milk.

-Typical pediatric doses for malaria: Acute seizure treatment: 1 year old and up: 1 year old: 1 mg base / kg (not exceeding 620 mg base) 2nd dose: 5 mg base / kg (not exceeding 310 mg base) 3rd dose for 6 hours after the first dose: 18 hours 5 mg base / kg 4th dose: 24 hours 5 mg base / kg each dose after 3 doses must be taken with meals. Fundamental treatment of vivax and malaria requires combination therapy with 8-amino quinoline medications.

-Typical pediatric doses for malaria prevention: Suppression:1 years and older: On the same day every week, oral 5 mg base / kg body weight (not exceeding 310 mg base) suppression therapy should be started 2 weeks before exposure. However, if this fails, the initial dose of 10 mg base / kg (not exceeding 620 mg base) can be taken in two split doses (6 hours intervals). Inhibition therapy should be continued for 8 weeks after leaving the outbreak area. Each dose should be taken with a meal or a glass of milk.

-Typical Child Doses for Skin Musculitis: Case Review (n = 25) Adolescent Dermatitis (JDMS): 1.5 to 15 years: 7 mg/kg oral dose per day (in addition to the first treatment of JDMS if the patient requires extensive skin rash and high doses of steroids). Each dose should be taken with either a meal or a glass of milk.

Precautions for use

-Hydroxychloroquine should not be used if you are allergic. 

-Hydroxychloroquine should not be used for long-term treatment of children. 

-It has been reported to be safe to take during pregnancy, but the number of participants in the experiment has not been fully studied. If you are considering taking it during pregnancy, visit a nearby hospital and receive adequate consultation, prescription, and progress.

-In animal experiments using CBA mice, there were reports that the intravenously administered chloroquine rapidly passed through the placenta and accumulated in the melanin structure of the eyes, remaining for 5 months even after the administration was stopped. In the case of a pregnant woman, please proceed according to the prescription of her doctor and specialist before taking it. 

-Although no appropriate experiments have been conducted on pregnant women, throughout pregnancy, the use of this drug is prohibited because it has been reported to cause fetal abnormalities, including eye or ear wow damage, in women who have been given the drug at a high dose throughout pregnancy. However, it is used exceptionally when specialists believe that the therapeutic benefits outweigh the risks.

Side effects

-Muscle disease, loss of appetite, diarrhea, skin rash, and shortness of breath can occur. 

-Stop feeding during treatment because hydroxychloroquine may cause serious adverse reactions in infants during lactation. 

-If you are about to take hydroxychloroquine, please go to a nearby hospital and receive sufficient consultation and prescription from your doctor and specialist.

Packaging unit

100T

Storage method

Store at room temperature (1-30℃), shielded airtight container

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Make sure to take it after receiving sufficient consultation with experts such as specialists or pharmacists before taking it.