Reviewer: Larry, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)

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after 1 1/2 years on this drug, my wife started having vision problems..she is now legally blind with just some periphial vision left. After many tests at OHSU it was diagnosed as plaquenil toxicity.

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after 1 1/2 years on this drug, my wife started having vision problems..she is now legally blind with just some periphial vision left. After many tests at OHSU it was diagnosed as plaquenil toxicity.
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Reviewer: Celeste, 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Plaquenil is the devil! Worked well 1st 2 mts. After that I had issues with my vision, felt waves of nervousness, and extreme anxiety where I started to question my sanity. Hallucinated, broke out in rashes and crying spells. It was the worst 2 months of these side effects I've ever had in my life! Got off of it and I feel back to normal. My Lupus is mild so I'm going the holistic route. P ... Show Full Comment

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Plaquenil is the devil! Worked well 1st 2 mts. After that I had issues with my vision, felt waves of nervousness, and extreme anxiety where I started to question my sanity. Hallucinated, broke out in rashes and crying spells. It was the worst 2 months of these side effects I've ever had in my life! Got off of it and I feel back to normal. My Lupus is mild so I'm going the holistic route. Plant based diet, acupuncture, juicing.. I feel good and will take minor aches and fatigue any day than being on plaquenil. Beware! Do your research before accepting a lab created Rx from Dr.s.
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Reviewer: AmandaFromNewOrleans, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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My plaquenil post Plaquenil can make you completely blind! *Legitimate looking vitamins I take to help remediate it I took Plaquenil for over 13 years and it caused me (and 6 in every 1000 patients, new research shows) to have toxic maculopathy it caused. *re: even if you quit taking the drug, it can continue to damage the eye until blindness occurs. If you are taking it, make sure ... Show Full Comment

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My plaquenil post Plaquenil can make you completely blind! *Legitimate looking vitamins I take to help remediate it I took Plaquenil for over 13 years and it caused me (and 6 in every 1000 patients, new research shows) to have toxic maculopathy it caused. *re: even if you quit taking the drug, it can continue to damage the eye until blindness occurs. If you are taking it, make sure your physician is using the NEW guidelines on treatment ==I think it is no more than 5 milligrams per kilogram (For example just heard an example on this video if under 140 pounds you shouldn’t be on 400 miligrams —https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D35uZA-vjPY ) Friends: If you have ANY changes in your vision, friends, head to a retinal specialist--1 test I had an angiogram done. My first retina specialist said i could be blind in 20 years without telling me the odds of that happening or giving me hope My 2nd retina specialist doctor thinks that, since I have had very little deterioration since stopping the drug 18 months ago, I may be one of the fortunate ones that only have some damage. All I thought Plaquenil could do to my eyes was to cause them to lose color vision. I never truly understand what the Humphrey Visual Field Test was (and it is very rudimentary, my current retina specialist doctor said. If you have ANY changes on this test, be accessed by to a retinal specialist It did work well to make my Lupus/Scleroderma is more symptomatic Are there any support groups or experimental therapies for toxic maculopathy? *I am looking for experimental treatments or for information sharing on this! +++++++++++++++ I found EyePromise Restore Vitamins that I take for retina health== those particular vitamins seems highly rated on all websites and that my retina specialist recommends —they are backed by 2 studies cited on their website called the Ares studies *Website for vitamins: www.eyepromise.com I am not paid to recommended it!
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Reviewer: 45-54 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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Please please please don't be intimidated by the Internet stories of problems or side effects. This drug saved my life! Yes, there are some GI issues in the first few weeks and you need to be patient. I had life threatening issues that sent me to the ER - twice - and each time, Plaquenil brought me back from the brink and set me on an even keel. Please be patient and try to tough out the GI is ... Show Full Comment

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Please please please don't be intimidated by the Internet stories of problems or side effects. This drug saved my life! Yes, there are some GI issues in the first few weeks and you need to be patient. I had life threatening issues that sent me to the ER - twice - and each time, Plaquenil brought me back from the brink and set me on an even keel. Please be patient and try to tough out the GI issues and give it 2-3 months. This drug can save your life if you give it a chance.
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Reviewer: EnGee, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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My rhematologist placed me on plaquenil in winter of 2015 after experiencing a flare (40% of my hair fell out in 5 weeks and I was ALWAYS exhausted. Even if I slept it was unbearable). I've been on it a year, reluctantly. I do not want to have to be maintained on any chemicals or pills. Now that I've been on it a year the only thing that has improved is fatigue. But I"m not sure if it ... Show Full Comment

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My rhematologist placed me on plaquenil in winter of 2015 after experiencing a flare (40% of my hair fell out in 5 weeks and I was ALWAYS exhausted. Even if I slept it was unbearable). I've been on it a year, reluctantly. I do not want to have to be maintained on any chemicals or pills. Now that I've been on it a year the only thing that has improved is fatigue. But I"m not sure if it's because the flare passed or because of plaquenil. I still get joint, muscle and back pain so to me it hasn't improved the pain part of it.
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