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 |
| 5 | Inflammatory arthritis, fibromyalgi | Gas, gas, gas, dry eyes. Developed allergy in form of all over body rash. | This medication was life changing for me until I developed an allergy to it. It started working in 3 weeks, and I felt 10 years younger. I was able to play with my kids, had more energy about everything in life. I hope your result is as good as mine, minus the allergy! | F | 37 | 1 months | 2/1/2005 | 4 | SLE,Osteoarthritis,Rhumetoid Arthri | Dilated Cardiomyopathy after 15+ years on Plaquenil. | Started taking Plaquenil to get weened off of Prednisone. Have only been able to get down to 10mgs of Prednisone. Joint pain increases any lower. On Prednisone 30 years. | F | 52 | 15 years | 1/31/2005 | 3 | Lupus | while on this medication i have experienced upset stomach if not taken with food. It made my appitite increase and gain weight. I was wearing a size 3/4 now i am a size 7/8. My vision has also decreased(blurred vision and light sensitivity). But it does work good for pain. That is the only good thing i know. I am also on a steroid called prednisone which is also bad for my bones and makes them weaker. Lots of calcium is needed. I am just feeling depressed taking this medication so i decided to stop taking it to see how i feel with out any drugs and i still have lupus outbreaks and pains. so i will just lessen the dossages myself. Doctors have not been helpful to me as they should especially with this disease and at my young age. I still plan to have children soon someday after i graduate from college which is next year so i just wonder how will i feel during my pregnancy period. I hope things get better. | i don't like this medication because of the side affects but it does take me out of pain, sometimes. I wish there was a medication for Lupus that didn't have so many negative side affects that may not go away so quickly. | F | 21 | 6 months | 1/22/2005 | 4 | Lupus | excessive gas and belching, nightmares | This drug helped quite a bit early on to keep me symptom free (i was dx'ed with SLE in 1999, began Plaquenil in 2000), but recently have had a lot of symptoms of depression, leg pain, and riduculous gas (belching 20 times in a row several times a day). Tests have shown no abormalities in the legs so with the agreement of my Rheum, am trying to get off of the drug to see if it makes a diff. I've been one day off one day on for the last 4 weeks and have noticed improvement in the nightmares, gas and leg pain. Hopefully being off it won't lead to a lupus flare. | M | 45 | 5 years | 1/8/2005 | 4 | I have primary Sjogren's | When I first started I had nausea if I took the Plaq. on an empty stomach (now I take it with food) and some diarrhea, but that has passed. | This has been an incredible drug for me: before plaquenil I could barely walk 3 blocks without severe pain, had to rest every hour on the hour and did not have enough energy to do | F | 5 months | 12/29/2004 | 3 | sle | thinning hair, gas, extreme generalized itching, increased facial rashes, and lately fast pulse and a feeling of heart racing, and the problems with fatigue continue | Have some people had success with periodic trials of taking the drug? | F | 60 | 3 years | 12/20/2004 | 3 | Lupus SLE | Acne cysts (Very painful) | I was wondering if anyone else has experienced severe acne breakouts on their face due to either plaquenil or side effect from lupus. Please contact me if you have any information about this side effect. Thanks! | F | 29 | 6 months | 12/7/2004 | 5 | rhumetoid arthritis | Stomach aches if I take on an empty stomach | It took a long long time to kick in. I almost went to Enbrel because I was getting fustrated. Luckily doctor was on leave for a couple months so I had to keep taking it. It finally worked and now I have barely any joint pain (and been through several cold and rainy months). It took a good 4 months to kick in. | M | 45 | 6 months | 11/27/2004 | 4 | Rheumatoid Arthritis | None | I am on a small dose 200mg a day. I also take Azulfidine and methotrexate. All three work really well together and I am pain free most of the time. | M | 48 | 16 months | 11/23/2004 | 4 | Sjogrens Syndrome Primary | I do experience the diahrea on occasion. Do have slight vision problems, and the hair loss. | Plaquenil has reduced my flareups and hosptilizations. I still sufferer from fatigue due to lung and heart involvement of my disease. But taking plaquenil with immuran, predinisone, neourotin and other pain meds, has made it possible for me to have a better quality of life. | F | 56 | 5 years | 11/23/2004 | 1 | suspected lupus | ringing in the ears, visual disturbances, trouble sleeping, hair thinning. initially, the joint pains subsided, and i felt good about taking the drug. but after 2-2 1/2 months, joint pains came back, and i decided no way, not dealing with the pain and the side effects. i've started taking zyflamend (herbal type remedy. been on for almost two weeks, not alot of response yet, but am hoping.) | i've been off of plaquenil for well over a month, wish someone would clue me in as to when i can expect the hair loss/thinning to subside. | F | 37 | 3 days | 11/12/2004 | 5 | SLE | Extreme itching, bloating and visual loss. | It helped me greatly, I now am able to lead a fuller life with not as many aches and pains, went off the drug for 2 and a half months as my white blood count was low due to possible reaction to the drug I have started feeling unwell again with many aches and pains and I am now back on it, on 1 tablet per day instead of 2 and after a month I am starting to feel better again. | F | 46 | 5.5 years | 11/11/2004 | 2 | Rhematoid Arthritis/ SLE Lupus ? | After being on this medication for a little over 4 month's,i have developed an irregular heart beat, rapid heart beat, even if i'm just sitting or walking around the house. Also i have become very nervous & shaky. My vision has become blurry, and the ringing in my ears is getting worse. My balance is off, and i too have had hair loss. I will be seeing my Rhmy this coming Monday, the 15th,04. I am going to see what he has to say, and i will be asing him to take me off of Plaquenil.I also take 5 mgms. of Prednisone a day. I take 400mgms a day of Plaquenal. | In my opinion, the side effects that's not told to me is worse than described. Maybe somthing else may work, but i don't need to make my condition worse because of a drug. | M | 50 | 4 months | 11/11/2004 | 4 | rheumatoid arthritis | F | 54 | 5 years | 11/8/2004 | 3 | RA | Headaches and eye pain | It seemed to help with the Arthritis, but the side effects (headaches) out-weighed the benefits, so I have temporarily been taken off it. I will try it again in a couple of weeks (at a lower dose). I was taking 200mg in the morning, and 200mg at night. | F | 40 | 4 weeks | 10/24/2004 | 3 | Inflammatory arthritis | A little nausea for the first week; then none | This medication worked somewhat, but not enough. It helped get me back on my feet after a horrendous bout of arthritis, but it did not do enough. Now, I'm starting Enbrel. I'm really sorry it didn't work better, because it had absolutely no side effects after the first week. | F | 3 months | 10/22/2004 | 2 | sarcoidosis | i am so itchy all over, blotchy red rash on feet and hands, red bumps have appeared on both arms and on back. | F | 17 | 2 months | 10/22/2004 | 5 | Lupus (SLE)/Soriatic Arthritis | Hypoglycimia like symptoms, gas but the absolute best side effect yet? I HAVE MY LIFE BACK!!!! I can be a mom and a wife again because I can get off the couch now! Yesterday I even went bowling with my family! | I'd rather go blind than ever be without this medication again. It has given me my life back when I had just about given up hope of ever being well again. Thanks to this wonderful drug, my kids will look back on their childhood and remember all the cool things mom did with them instead of all the things they had to do for mom because mom couldn't get off the couch anymore. | M | 29 | 2 months | 10/14/2004 | 3 | Lupus/SLE, Behcets, rheu. arthritis | Upset stomach for a few days - fine now. Constant headaches and severe migrains. Cramping stomach. Dizziness - feels like the floor drops from under me. Tiny bumps on my legs. Doesn't help with any pain. Wish it would. Will have to do annual eye exams, but those were shot before the medication, so I'm not too worried. Glad don't have to do them but once a year now. | No harm, no foul. Everyone - keep your head up! | F | 21 | 1 years | 9/10/2004 | 2 | joint pain | blurred vision, headache, nausea, itch | F | 22 | 10 days | 9/2/2004 |