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Hydroxychloroquine was approved by the FDA for the treatment of lupus in April of 1955.

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When was hydroxychloroquine first used for lupus patient?

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Is Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate antibiotic?

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Is lupus a generation disease?

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Is Plaquenil a narcotic?

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