anyone on taking Plaquenil...hydroxychloroquine

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just started on it 4 weeks ago and would be interested to know how any one else has got on with it. I am having awful side effects and wondered if they would go over time.

should have read my title first...... meant ........anyone taking plaquenil

My dh does, for arthritis. He's been taking it for a year or so and guest have any side effects except for a reduction in his pain.

What side effects are you having ?

Not yet. But I will probably be taking this + methotrexate in a few months time (for arthritis) once I stop breastfeeding.

So, sorry, I can't help you but will watch this thread with interest. May I ask what the main issues are?

Do hope you get some good answers and feel better soon.

Guest = doesn't

shitmagnet re methotrexate. I have to admit that that is worrying me more than the Plaquenil.

Dh is on hydroxychloroquine for his PsA, no side effects. He was really bad on the methotrexate though, took every bug going, was really weak and run down. He is also on Sulfasalazine.

My DM is on hydroxychloroquine as part of her treatment for Lupus, has had no side effects up til very recently, and is now having trouble with her eyesight, which may or may not be a very rare side effect of the drug. They can't decide at the moment.

thanks for your replies. I have been feeling so tired after being on it for 4 weeks. Even more tired than before i started on it. I feel sick,diarrhoea.
Scared about the eye thing as i have got plugs in my tear ducts tostop them drying up. Rheumatologist has put me on 400mg daily !!!!!!!