Sentences with phrase «hydroxychloroquine for»

The study, led by Didier Raoult, of Aix - Marseille University, Marseille, France, followed 48 patients who were being treated long - term with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine for Q fever, and 34 control subjects.

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The first group was given the antibiotic doxycycline for 12 weeks, the second group was given a combination of the antibiotics clarithromycin and hydroxychloroquine, and the third group was given a placebo.

So doctors have used hydroxychloroquine off - label, in a way that it was not licensed for, to try and control symptoms and pain.

Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug which is relatively safe and well - tolerated agent for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

For mild cases, ibuprofen and naproxen can reduce pain and swelling in joints and muscles, and antimalarial drugs like Plaquenil (generic: hydroxychloroquine) have proven useful in preventing flares and controlling the diseases progression.