Herbamed Asoxtan

Herbamed Asoxtan is used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to chloroquine. Other uses include treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda.

Herbamed Asoxtan may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:

• headache.
• dizziness.
• loss of appetite.
• nausea.
• diarrhea.
• stomach pain.
• vomiting.
• rash.

Herbamed Asoxtan may be 12 weeks or longer before you notice any benefit. Because it's a long-term treatment it's important to keep taking hydroxychloroquine unless you have severe side effects: even if it doesn't seem to be working at first. even when your symptoms improve (to help keep the disease under control).

Rather than suppressing the whole immune system, Herbamed Asoxtan appears to work by stopping immune proteins called autoantibodies from triggering the immune response that causes these diseases.

Conditions:

• low blood sugar
• glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency
• low amount of magnesium in the blood
• low amount of potassium in the blood
• porphyria
• anemia
• low levels of a type of white blood cell called neutrophils
• alcoholism
• myasthenia gravis, a skeletal muscle disorder
• maculopathy
• changes in the visual field
• prolonged QT interval on EKG
• chronic heart failure
• abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
• liver problems
• decreased kidney function
• psoriasis
• seizures
• anemia from pyruvate kinase and G6PD deficiencies
• chronic kidney disease stage 5 (failure)

Herbamed Asoxtan is a prescription drug that's been around since the 1940s. Doctors first used it to treat malaria. Today you're more likely to take it if you have rheumatoid arthritis or lupus.

People may need to stop taking Herbamed Asoxtan because of side effects but they should not stop taking the drug on their own without the help of their medical provider. Plaquenil stays in the body for around three months and it may take a while for side effects to go away.

Herbamed Asoxtan is used in the treatment of arthritis to help relieve inflammation, swelling, stiffness, and joint pain and also to help control the symptoms of lupus erythematosus (lupus; SLE).

Take Herbamed Asoxtan with meals or milk to lessen stomach upset, unless otherwise directed by your doctor. Keep using this medicine for the full treatment time, even if you feel better after the first few doses. Your infection may not clear up if you stop using the medicine too soon.

Herbamed Asoxtan is generally safe at normal doses, but higher amounts can damage the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, and result in partial or complete blindness.

There are no reports of adverse effects of Herbamed Asoxtan on fertility.

No interactions were found between Herbamed Asoxtan and Vitamins. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.

Herbamed Asoxtan is generally considered safe in pregnancy for the treatment of rheumatic conditions, but studies have been too small to evaluate teratogenicity.

Small amounts of Herbamed Asoxtan have been found to enter breast milk. Small studies have reported no harmful effects in infants whose mothers breastfed while taking Herbamed Asoxtan. This includes no evidence of vision, hearing, or growth problems in young children who were followed up to about one year of age. Talk to your healthcare provider about all of your breastfeeding questions.

Erectile dysfunction has been reported by some men taking Herbamed Asoxtan.

Herbamed Asoxtan is routinely used to treat lupus erythematosus. Its use during pregnancy has been associated with ophthalmologic and otic toxicity in the fetus and could result in increased fetal malformations or miscarriage.