Are whole blood hydroxychloroquine blood levels helpful in patients taking chloroquine?
And if so, are the target levels similar?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I could not find anything in the literature, but a personal communication with Dr. Michelle Petri at the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center says that the answer is, "No."
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
Hydroxychloroquine levels are typically measured by most laboratories using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry technique ( LC-MS). Liquid chromatography distinguishes compounds based on their physicochemical properties and Mass spectrometry uses Mass to charge ratio for the same. The mas...
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Thanks, @Paramarajan Piranavan. That is really br...
Thanks, @Paramarajan Piranavan. That is really br...