Patient's question:
I am 53 years old. Recently, as I have gotten older, I have been experiencing leg pain. I have previously visited the immunology department, but the effect was not significant. I have taken both Chinese and Western medicine, especially when the weather changes, I feel uncomfortable. Will hydroxychloroquine lupus improve?Doctor's answer:
This medicine is used to treat malaria, not to treat lupus. This medicine is a derivative of artemisinin, which has a powerful and rapid effect on clearing the red blood stage of the malaria parasite, and can quickly control clinical relapse and symptoms. Lupus patients should not use this medicine blindly and should be treated for lupus under the guidance of a local doctor. Corticosteroid drugs are generally used to treat this disease.