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    Antimalarial Medicines for Lupus

    Antimalarial Medicines for Lupus



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    These medicines reduce Reference inflammation Opens New Window. (They are also used to prevent or treat malaria, but there is no known relationship between lupus and malaria.)




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: May 7, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
    Reference Stanford M. Shoor, MD - Rheumatology
    Reference Nancy Ann Shadick, MD, MPH - Internal Medicine, Rheumatology


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