The antimalarial medication hydroxychloroquine may help treat uveitis, a type of eye inflammation, in some people with ocular sarcoidosis, a study reports. Specifically, over half of the 42 people with sarcoidosis-related uveitis (SAU) responded to hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand names Plaquenil and Sovuna, with generics available. This allowed…
In cutaneous sarcoidosis, disease-driving immune cells ramp up their energy production, and blocking this energy production may be a useful strategy for treating the disease, a new study shows. The study specifically points to metformin, a metabolism-modulating drug that’s widely used to treat diabetes, as a potential treatment for…
Levels of specific immune complement proteins in blood and cerebrospinal fluid, including C3, factor B, and C5, showed strong potential for distinguishing people with neurosarcoidosis from those without the disease, according to a small study in the U.K. Combinations of several complement proteins yielded more discriminative potential, while combining…
Becoming educated and informed about sarcoidosis is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
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There is no cure for sarcoidosis yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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