Abstracts tagged "drug toxicity and hydroxychloroquine"

Abstract Number: 2613 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Antimalarial Drug Toxicities in Rheumatic Skin Disease Patients
Lavanya Mittal¹, Lingqiao Zhang², Rui Feng² and Victoria Werth¹, ¹Department of Dermatology, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC, Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Although existing evidence demonstrates the efficacy of antimalarials for rheumatic skin disease, the safety of these medications, and particularly quinacrine, remain debated. Quinacrine may…