Nearly half of female hydroxychloroquine users in UK excess-dosed

Approximately 47% of female patients in the United Kingdom who are prescribed hydroxychloroquine are given excess doses, based on ideal-body-weight dosing, according to findings published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.
When using actual-body-weight dosing, the researchers found that 38% are excess-dosed.
“Previously, the 2009 Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO) and 2011 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) guidelines [on hydroxychloroquine] each recommended a maximum safe dose of 6.5 mg/kg/day of ideal body weight (IBW) — up to a maximum of 400 mg daily — to

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Nearly half of female hydroxychloroquine users in UK excess-dosed

Approximately 47% of female patients in the United Kingdom who are prescribed hydroxychloroquine are given excess doses, based on ideal-body-weight dosing, according to findings published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.
When using actual-body-weight dosing, the researchers found that 38% are excess-dosed.
“Previously, the 2009 Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO) and 2011 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) guidelines [on hydroxychloroquine] each recommended a maximum safe dose of 6.5 mg/kg/day of ideal body weight (IBW) — up to a maximum of 400 mg daily — to

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