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hydroxychloroquine

hydroxychloroquine

1 7.3
A medicine used to treat malaria and some diseases where the body attacks itself, like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis
  • noun
  • /haɪˌdrɒksɪˈklɔːrɪˌkwin/
  • Specialized
: hidroxicloroquina
  • She was commenced on nifedipine and hydroxychloroquine and regularly reviewed in the clinic, with a presumptive diagnosis of an evolving connective tissue disease.
  • sulfasalazine plus hydroxychloroquine

Yes, if you'll remember, Trump promoted chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and his favorite cure, Chlorox.

Examples

  • The antimalarials chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are also used to treat sarcoidosis.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Treatment consisted of topical and intralesional steroids and oral hydroxychloroquine over the course of two years, which resulted in improvement of the cutaneous lesions.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Hydroxychloroquine is an important drug therapy for SLE, unless side effects prevent its use.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Past medications for RA had included NSAIDs, hydroxychloroquine, azulfidine, aspirin, sulfasalazine, gold, and prednisone.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Following diagnosis, NICE recommends that all patients should be commenced on three DMARDs (methotrexate, sulphasalazine, and hydroxychloroquine) with monthly reviews to monitor their effect.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The doctor prescribed hydroxychloroquine to help manage the patient's rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.

  • Many physicians recommend hydroxychloroquine for treating lupus erythematosus.

  • Research indicates that hydroxychloroquine can reduce inflammation in autoimmune disease patients.

Synonyms

Plaquenil
vshydroxychloroquine
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A medicine used to treat malaria, lupus, and some types of arthritis

has identical meaning but is the generic name rather than a brand

Surface Forms

hydroxychloroquine singular
hydroxychloroquines plural

Morphology

hydroxychloroquine = chloroquine (opaque) = hydroxy + chloroquine

The form is technical chemical nomenclature (hydroxy- added to the drug name chloroquine) and the specific meaning (a hydroxylated analogue) is specialized and not inferable by general learners.

Etymology

The word hydroxychloroquine is built from hydroxy- (with hydro meaning 'water') and chloroquine, which comes from chloro- meaning 'green' and the ending -quine, like quinine, a well-known malaria medicine. So the name shows it is a medicine related to quinine and used for malaria and some autoimmune diseases.