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How do you manage nausea in the setting of hydroxychloroquine use?

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Rheumatology · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

My method for approaching hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)-induced nausea:

  • Stop HCQ
  • When nausea is gone, restart with just 1/2 tablet every night after food or milk
    (I recall a study suggesting that nocturnal use caused less side effects, but I cannot find it. If anyone has the source, please chime in).
  • A we...

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