It is also given in conjunction with methotrexate and
hydroxychloroquine as part of a regimen of «triple therapy» which has been shown to provide benefits to patients who have had inadequate responses to methotrexate alone.
Doctors have used
hydroxychloroquine as an off - label alternative.
Not exact matches
Lead researcher Dr Sarah Kingsbury, from the University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre at Chapel Allerton Hospital, said: «There is some scientific basis
as to why
hydroxychloroquine could be an effective drug agent.
The inspection of several databases led to the identification of structural similarity between such lead and numerous quinoline or acridine derivatives, such
as chloroquine,
hydroxychloroquine and quinacrine.