Plaquenil
Plaquenil is a antiparasitics medication containing Hydroxychloroquine, available as 200/400mg tablets.
- Category
- Antiparasitics · Autoimmune Care
- Active ingredient
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 200/400mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Plaquenil vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid arthritis · Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Therapeutic Class
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug (DMARD)
- Pharmacological Class
- 4-Aminoquinoline
- Minor Side Effects
- nausea, abdominal discomfort
- Moderate Side Effects
- skin rash, headache
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Prescription medicine
- Originator
- Sanofi
- Onset Time
- 4–12 weeks
- Duration
- long term
- Storage Instructions
- Store below 25°C in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- digoxin, ciclosporin
- Age Restrictions
- Adults.
What you will receive
Plaquenil is the originator brand name, made by Sanofi. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Sanofi and do not ship the original Plaquenil.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Hydroxychloroquine) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.