PLAQUENIL Reviews (HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.2 (667 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PLAQUENIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PLAQUENIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | lupus | within 2 hours of taking the medication, I experienced diarrhea/bloating/gas pain/flatulence. | F | 38 | 1 days | 2/25/2009 | 3 | sjogren's syndrome | No side effects | Plaquenil helped with body pain and a little bit with fatigue, but I stopped take it, because I don't have medical insurance and it is way too expesive for me now. | F | 48 | 1 days 200 mg 2X day | 5/20/2015 | 1 | For rheumatoid Arthritus | Red blood spots big brown spots arms bleed easy forgetfulness hair loss weightloss leg cramps fatigue headaches and more | Can I quit meds | F | 59 | 1 days 300mg | 11/30/2015 | 1 | Lyme disease | Anxiety, panic, agitation, anger, couldn't stop crying. | I was taking the generic form of this drug (the one with the letters and numbers "HCOS" on each pill) for 30 days with no problems at all. When I refilled my prescription, the pharmacy gave me the name brand (the one with the word "Plaquenil" on each pill). After taking my first dose of the new prescription before bed, I was so anxious, agitated and panicky I couldn't sleep a wink. I couldn't stop crying. I felt like I was on speed, manic, and depressed all at once. It was awful. I took the new pills to the pharmacist and she replaced them with the old ones right away. | F | 45 | 1 days 100 mg 2X day | 6/1/2015 | 1 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | After 1 dose - severe muscle cramping and spasms for over 24 hours. It seems to have to triggered my fibromyalgia which was almost under control with medication (Cymbalta), and caused a worse flare of my RA - joint swelling and pain increased considerably. | I was really hoping Plaquenil would work as it's one of the safer Rheumatoid Arthritis treatments. | F | 38 | 1 days | 3/30/2009 | 1 | UDCTD | Took first 200 mg pill with food. No side effects for first 20 hours, then nasty diarrhea,stomach nausea, stomach cramps, dizzy,gas, burping, feeling spacey, black out when standing, felt totally out of it - basically non functioning. Terrible brain fog. Forget about driving, going to work, or doing anything other than praying for the drug to get out of your system. Effects lasted for three days, diminishing with each day. Never took a 2nd pill. Also developed sore/scratchy throat which continues at day 3 but doc says not from Plaquenil. Coincidence is too strong. Not on any other medication I can blame. | Could not tolerate 1 pill let alone taking it long term. I think doctors should stop calling this a safe drug. It has terrible side effects even for those on this site that give it a 5. Exchanging one set of intolerable symptoms for another is a poor choice. Sad that a drug that was used in the 1960's for autoimmune is still the gold standard. But hey, we can now cure erectile dysfunction. Medical progress... | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/26/2009 | 5 | Sjogrens | flatulence; I am more aware of the neuropathy in my hands and feet | I am a physician. I thought it would take weeks to have any benefit. Within hrs my fatigue was gone and the fogginess in my head had cleared. I thought it was a placebo effect but after reading the other comments, I guess it is real. So far it has given me my life back | M | 56 | 2 days | 1/15/2009 | 5 | Yes | Crazy vivid dreams too. I also feel a little light-headed. | F | 38 | 2 days | 3/4/2007 | 5 | RA | None really. I felt a bit more energized and that's why perhaps sometimes have problems sleeping...and sometimes also more vivid dreams. | This medication has really worked for me. I was taking Nabumetone for 3 years, but I'd have flair ups and would feel it and also had terrible stomack problems. Now ever since on Plaquenil I feel great. Only on several occasions I felt a little tingling in my fingers, so I knew that if I wasn't on Plaquenil this would be a painful flair up. No itching, or hair loss. This medication makes skin much more sensitive to sunburn, so maybe, if one is not careful, this can cause sunburn, itching, etc... | F | 40 | 2 days | 4/29/2007 | 3 | RA | I am not sure if this is a side effect, but I have had EXTREME GAS. I have recently started having a ringing in my ears also. | At first the plaquenil worked, then when my pain increased my Dr. put me on Remicade and Methotrexate too. I am wanting to stop the plaquenil to see if it is causing the ringing and the gas, but I have a great Dr. and I would not stop it unless he says to stop it. Anyone else have ringing in the ears? The ringing just started 3 weeks ago. | F | 54 | 2 days | 10/7/2003 | 3 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | I just started this medication yesterday and my 1st dose my lips felt funny and I got this metallic taste in my mouth. Then during the night my instestines felt gurgly . Today was my 2nd dose and I got the taste again in my mouth again. Then I just felt loopy and I am not sure why that is. I am going to stick with it and see what happens and hopefully it will help me and the side effects will go away. | I am super scared about the eye side effects. This seems like a very dangerous drug and I am making sure that I pay attention to all of my side effects. Oh, I also got a sore throat after taking these 2 doses. Anyone else ever get a sore throat after taking it? Weird for sure!! | F | 42 | 2 days 200 2X day | 1/9/2012 | 1 | Chronic Lyme Disease | hives | The itching I experienced was unbelievable. I took this drug for only 2 days and it took 21 days for the hives and itching to clear up. It was just a horrible experience. Since I was prescribed Biaxin as well, I don't know for certain which of the two caused the itching, but I very much doubt that I will take either one again! | F | 59 | 2 days | 5/12/2006 | 5 | SLE | CARDIOMYOPATHY, rare side effect , I now have severely hypokinetic inferior wall of my heart | F | 45 | 3 days | 10/27/2003 | 5 | RA (stills disease?) | nausia and gas | I was extreemly ill for three years, I was completely debilitated and the doctors did not know exactly why-althought they all agreed it was autoimmune RA JRA Stills Adison... Anyway I had extreem fatigue, daily fevers, hair loss, swollen joints. I was put on sulindac (this is the best NSAID I ever found and I tried all of them including the COXX 2s) and then six months later plaquenil. The plaquenil got rid of the fevers, morning stiffness, fatique and hair loss. I felt human again. Eventually the disease was in a remission deep enough that the plaquenil side effects ( just GI symptoms) were worse then the disease. I stayed in partial remission for seven years. I had a bad flare last month and the first thing I did was ask to be put back on Plaquenil. | M | 36 | 3 days | 12/3/2007 | 5 | sjogren's syndrome | none | After just three days, my fatigue has lessened and I no longer feel mentally sad...it actually has improved my mood and I will start exercising again...beside sjogren's i have hasimoto's thyroiditis so any relief of symptoms are fantastic...so far, so good, I love this medication. | F | 56 | 3 days | 1/9/2009 | 4 | SLE | nausea, stomach cramping, slight headache | i 've been on plaquenil for only 3 weeks. when i started taking the drug i had already been in remission from all of my symptons since september 2002. so i can't say that it has helped because i haven't had any SLE flares before or after taking plaquenil. | F | 34 | 3 days | 4/26/2003 | 3 | Lupus, Sjorgren's, Auto Cirrhosis | Bloating, intestinal gas pain, dizziness, mild headaches, lowered energy level, insomnia. | Currently taking 200 mg a day. They are trying this after lowering my Prednisone from 30mg to 20mg. They say the long term side effects will be better with Plaquenil but I felt better on Prednisone. | F | 61 | 3 days | 9/12/2007 | 2 | SLE | allergic reaction(hives over body; extreme with hands and feet burning, itching and peeling) | M | 55 | 3 days | 2/4/2002 | 2 | MCTD | At the end if day two, I experienced the worst diarrhea I think I've ever had. It lasted well into the next day. It was very painful and even burned. I'm taking half the prescribed dose. Also have broken out with little pimples on my face, chest and back. | 40 | 3 days 200mg/day | 5/13/2013 | 2 | Lupus | I have been diagnosed with UDCT/lupus I tried taking the plaquenil three times spaced out throughout a year.each time for a couple of days . The side effects are unbarable . Extreme Nervousness, Anxiety , brain fog worse ,and rapid heart beat like I've never experienced. I wish it worked becuAse my energy levels go back up . Did you have any of these side effects at first ? Do they eventually go away . I was wondering so maybe it would be worth sticking it out . I also herd plaquenil is the safest drugs out there for these types of conditions . I am scared to take prednisode or any other "stronger " meds. | F | 29 | 3 days 100 1X day | 1/17/2015 |