Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The overall risk for incident retinopathy in patients who received hydroxychloroquine for 5 or more years was ...

Hydroxychloroquine does not increase the risk of arrhythmia, a large study in Arthritis & Rheumatology has found. The study was precipitated by controversy surrounding hydroxychloroquine and a ...

Hydroxychloroquine should be initiated with caution in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who also have heart failure or are at risk for it, say the authors of a study suggesting that the ...

Patients who took hydroxychloroquine had an overall risk of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy of 8.6% after 15 years. A higher dose of hydroxychloroquine was associated with a greater risk of incident ...

I was catching up on my reading when I came across a column in which you described the early use of hydroxychloroquine as the standard of care for rheumatoid arthritis. Wasn’t that the drug the ...

Older patients prescribed hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have a higher risk of developing retinal damage from taking the medication, according to a new analysis. In addition to known risk factors such as a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy increases with higher dosing per actual and ideal body weight, and ...

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that higher doses, longer duration of use, chronic kidney disease and Asian race could ...

However, the researchers said their findings should not be interpreted as completely refuting the possibility that hydroxychloroquine might be a useful tool in preventing or slowing the development of ...

Greater risks of toxic effects were found at higher methotrexate doses and lower eGFR. Older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) starting low-dose methotrexate rather than hydroxychloroquine ...