Pharmacokinetics of Hydroxychloroquine in Pregnancies with Rheumatic Diseases

Clinical Pharmacokinetics  April 2019

Balevic SJ, Green TP, Clowse MEB, Eudy AM, Schanberg LE, Cohen-Wolkowiez M

 

 Hydroxychloroquine is an oral drug prescribed to pregnant women with rheumatic disease to reduce disease activity and prevent flares. Physiologic changes during pregnancy may substantially alter drug pharmacokinetics. However, the effect of pregnancy on hydroxychloroquine disposition and the potential need for dose adjustment remains virtually unknown. This study developed a one-compartment population-pharmacokinetic model for hydroxychloroquine in pregnant women with rheumatic disease.