Anyone tried Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine)?
It's for reducing inflammation in autoimmune diseases. Because my clinic has messed up (again) with ordering the low dose naltrexone I'm supposed to be starting, I thought I'd get this out of my chest full of drugs and and give it a go while I'm waiting for the LDN.
It's supposed to work well with azithromycin so I started that as well (and also Sam-e, which I've tried before and thought promising).
After one week I've had a remarkable improvement in pain. Before, almost any movement was painful, but now I'm almost pain free. So it could be due to any of the large number of other things I'm on, but since the Plaquenil is supposed to work on inflammation it's likely to be that. It's supposed to take a couple of months for full effects though.
I'm still bed bound much of the day so it hasn't had much effect on weakness and flu-like symptoms.
You're supposed to have eye tests if taking it for a longish period, but I'll have to stop it when the LDN arrives, so won't be on it longer than a couple of weeks.
Jenny
It's for reducing inflammation in autoimmune diseases. Because my clinic has messed up (again) with ordering the low dose naltrexone I'm supposed to be starting, I thought I'd get this out of my chest full of drugs and and give it a go while I'm waiting for the LDN.
It's supposed to work well with azithromycin so I started that as well (and also Sam-e, which I've tried before and thought promising).
After one week I've had a remarkable improvement in pain. Before, almost any movement was painful, but now I'm almost pain free. So it could be due to any of the large number of other things I'm on, but since the Plaquenil is supposed to work on inflammation it's likely to be that. It's supposed to take a couple of months for full effects though.
I'm still bed bound much of the day so it hasn't had much effect on weakness and flu-like symptoms.
You're supposed to have eye tests if taking it for a longish period, but I'll have to stop it when the LDN arrives, so won't be on it longer than a couple of weeks.
Jenny