Effect of antiretroviral therapy on plasma concentrations of chloroquine and desethyl-chloroquine
Citation: Ippolito MM, Jacobson JM, Lederman MM, Winterberg M, Tarning J, Shapiro TA, Flexner C. Effect of antiretroviral therapy on plasma concentrations of chloroquine and desethyl-chloroquine. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Oct 30;67(10):1617-1620. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy405. PMID: 29771277; PMC6206114
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The effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on chloroquine and desethyl-chloroquine plasma concentrations was evaluated in clinical trial participants. Concentrations did not differ among participants receiving protease inhibitor-based ART (n = 9), efavirenz-based ART (n = 15), or other ART (n = 8) and those not receiving ART (n = 31). Efavirenz seemed to inhibit chloroquine desethylation.