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View Post: How is lupus treated?
21 Nov 2009 by prasanth  
Anti-malarial drugs such as chloroquine (Plaquenil). There is no known relationship between lupus and malaria, but malaria medication is useful for the treatment of lupus symptoms, heaven to stop the disease flares. ...
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View Post: Arthritis Research & Therapy
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View Blog: While additional mechanisms relevant to lupus pathogenesis may also come into play, the effect on TLR signaling provides considerable rationale for use of hydroxy-chloroquine to control disease activity and perhaps inhibit the

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View Post: chloroquine
10 Jun 2009 by lupiemom  
as it mildly suppresses the immune system, it is used in some autoimmune disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus erythematosus. * chloroquine is in clinical trials as an investigational antiretroviral in humans with hiv-1/aids ...
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View Post: CNS LUPUS
3 Nov 2009 by Administrator  
This disorder plays a particularly important role in the pathogenesis of central nervous system (CNS) disease, and currently the relative roles of lupus vasculopathy and antiphospholipid-associated microangiopathy in producing CNS ...
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View Post: Chloroquine -Induced Hair Depigmentation -- Di Giacomo et al. 18 ...
12 Feb 2009 by Di Giacomo, T., Valente, N., Nico, M.  
A discussion on possible pathomechanisms of this phenomenon is made based on experimental data and previously reported patients with the same condition. Key Words: chloroquine • depigmentation • hair. Lupus, Vol. 18, No. ...
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View Post: Eyelid involvement in disseminated chronic cutaneous lupus ...
13 Dec 2006 by Pandhi D, Singal A, Rohtagi J  
Skin biopsy and direct immunofluorescence findings from the lower lip were diagnostic of discoid lupus erythematosus. The patient was started on chloroquine phosphate 250 mg twice daily and artificial tears. ...
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View Post: What is SLE Disease ( Systemic lupus erythematosus
11 Nov 2009 by jhazz_32  
For those with a combination of joint and skin problems the anti-malarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have proved useful. If these are recommended then an eye test is usually done before treatment commences. ...
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View Post: Systemic therapy: Doctors eye fresh approaches to cutaneous lupus ...
3 Aug 2009
She says that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine cannot be used together because of additive eye toxicity, but the combination of quinacrine with either hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine can prove to be effective for patients who don't ...
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View Post: chloroquine - yahoo! health
14 Sep 2009 by bruce  
prednisolone is used for treating allergies, arthritis, breathing problems (eg, asthma), certain blood disorders, collagen diseases (eg, lupus), certain eye diseases (eg, keratitis), cancer (eg, leukemia), endocrine problems (eg, ...
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