Dear friends how many of u have experience of using dmards like chloroquine early in dengue . please find the attached paper for information and please inform us of ur experience Chloroquine use improves dengue-related symptoms Marcos Carvalho Borges, Luiza Antunes Castro, Benedito Antonio Lopes da Fonseca/+ Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil Dengue is the most important arboviral disease in the world. As chloroquine, an antimalarial agent, has shown some antiviral effects, this study evaluated its effect in patients with dengue.
A randomised, double-blind study was performed by administering chloroquine or placebo for three days to 129 patients with dengue-related symptoms. Of these patients, 37 were confirmed as having dengue and completed the study; in total, 19 dengue patients received chloroquine and 18 received placebo.…
