Real‐world database examining the association between hydroxychloroquine and retinopathy in Taiwan

Chronic hydroxychloroquine exposure and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

“…Hydroxychloroquine is an immunomodulatory agent which is commonly used to treat malaria and autoimmune diseases 1. The association between hydroxychloroquine therapy and subsequent comorbidities has been extensively addressed 1 2. Recently, a cohort study conducted in the UK by Fardet et al published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases reported that long-term use of hydroxychloroquine was not associated with the risk of Alzheimer’s disease when compared with non-use of hydroxychloroquine (adjusted HR=0.81, 95% CI=0.58 to 1.12, p=0.20) 3.…”