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Hydroxychloroquine - lupus nephritis renal guidance

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PLAQUENIL - official renal precautions

Product / population
Oral PLAQUENIL hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets; official product warnings
Renal method
Qualitative renal impairment; no labeled numeric renal dose table
Source revision
October 2024
Retrieved
2026-09-07
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KDIGO provides a lupus-nephritis reduction absent from the label table

The official label gives a qualitative reduction warning. KDIGO 2024 supplies a disease-specific indexed-eGFR reduction instruction; these differ in specificity rather than representing a universally applicable replacement label.

What to reconcile: Match lupus-nephritis context, starting exposure and retinal monitoring. Worsening renal function can also represent labeled drug toxicity, not only the underlying disease. Do not transfer the nephritis recommendation to malaria without review.

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PLAQUENIL - official renal precautions

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DailyMed / ADVANZ PHARMA US · Oral PLAQUENIL hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets; official product warnings

Renal method: Qualitative renal impairment; no labeled numeric renal dose table
Source date: October 2024
Retrieved: 2026-09-07

Monitoring or renal-toxicity guidance. This finding concerns risk or surveillance; it may not establish a dose adjustment.

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Renal dosing, restrictions and evidence limits

The label states that dose reduction may be necessary in renal or hepatic disease but supplies no percentage or eGFR dose table. Renal impairment is also a retinal-toxicity risk factor; apply the higher-risk ophthalmic monitoring instructions.

Proteinuria, with or without a moderate GFR reduction, has been reported. Consider drug-induced phospholipidosis as a possible cause of kidney injury in patients with underlying connective-tissue disease. Discontinue PLAQUENIL if renal toxicity is suspected or demonstrated on biopsy. A worsening creatinine value is therefore not automatically attributed to lupus activity or managed solely by a routine dose reduction.

RDM38-official-hydroxychloroquine-plaquenil-4ae873802e-C1 · Source locator: Sections 8.6, 5.2 and 5.11

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Source
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=34496b43-05a2-45fb-a769-52b12e099341
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Exact label title
PLAQUENIL - official renal precautions
DailyMed Set ID
34496b43-05a2-45fb-a769-52b12e099341
Labeler
ADVANZ PHARMA US
Label revision
October 2024
Renal-function method
Qualitative renal impairment; no labeled numeric renal dose table
Source date/version
October 2024
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