Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 10 Location: Far Rockaway, New York
Plaquenil? Posted: 07-19-04 16:58pm
If your using it, how is it working out
for you. I've just been prescribed this
med by my rhuemy.
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emanon
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2004 Posts: 5 Location: New Zealand
It Helped Me Out Posted: 07-20-04 19:39pm
Hiya,
i started taking 400mg about 6 months ago
and it didn't really take effect until two
months later but my joints in my hand very
rarely swell up now.
I have now been reduced to 300mg with no
known side effects.
The biggest concern with plaquenil is the
possibility of eye problems so it pays to
be monitored by an opthamologist although
the concern was largely with a older
chloroquine medications as opposed to
hydroxycholoroquine (plaquenil). Ask
your rheumy if they think its necessary to
have eye checkups.
I also take 7.5mg prednisone to help me
through the day )
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danyul74
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 11 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: 07-21-04 16:37pm
I've been taking plaquenil everyday since
I was diagnosed a couple years ago.
Unfortunately, I continued to have regular
flare-ups in my hands, wrists, ankles and
feet until my doctor decided to change my
medication to quinacrine. I've been
taking it with the plaquenil for about two
months now and my flare-ups are getting
better. Apparently, the quinacrine works
better for me (it can have a strange side
effect of turning your skin yellow, but
luckily that didn't happen to me). My
doctor is slowly tapering me off the
plaquenil now just to make sure my system
doesn't get jarred. I also take an
anti-inflammatory everyday called mobic.
I know different medications work
differently for different people, but
that's my situation.
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M Armstrong
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 10 Location: Far Rockaway, New York
Placquenil worked very well for me for
about 2 years and then I started having
regular flare ups which became
increasingly intense. But it worked very
well for those two years though and that's
not a bad thing at all. Just follow your
doctor's orders on when to take the
medication and what you need to do to
check on any potential negative side
effects.
)
