My doctor today has now put me on Plaquenil. Does anyone else take? I’m taking Cymbalta and Mobic, she said I didn’t have to take the Mobic anymore. I am feeling better, but my fingers are still painful and swollen. Still don’t have a diagnoses. It could be Lupus or it could be some other autoimmune disease along with the Fibro.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR600761 I have taken it for years and it can take a while to completely get in your system. This is the link from the mayo clinic site. It is very informative. I take it for lupus. I hope it help you.
Thanks for the link!
your welcome if you have any questions please ask.
I take Plaquenil. I have been on it for about 6 weeks I think. My doctor just recently increased me to 200mg twice a day. Make sure you eat as soon as possible. It makes me so sick if I don’t eat. Other than that I don’t notice any problems. I’m on a crazy cocktail of about 10 prescriptions so I don’t know what is helping or if it is a combination of them all but I do know my knees and ankles are a lot better in the mornings and after sitting at work.
Did you have to have your eyes checked before you started taking? I now have to go to the eye doctor next week before I start. I hate taking pills, never do and now I’m going to be taking 4 pills a day, the only thing I was taking before was just something for allergys. Could hardly get up this morning, it’s really raining and nasty here and I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. Wish something would help me get up in the morning. The Cymbalta has helped with the pain but I’m still waking up in the night with my hands tingling/hurting. I don’t think I slept we’ll last night at all. Thank goodness I have someone that can open my shop and I can sit here and try to wake up before heading to work!
When you take Plaquenil you should have your eyes checked, at the very least, once a year. Some dr's may want you to go twice a year. Have you ever taken lyrica for the fibro? I've been taking it for about a month and the tingling in my hands has all but disappeared. Unfortunately, I still can't sleep good. I know what you mean about not wanting to take pills...I'm up to 7 a day :(
hope you start feeling better soon :)
Is the tingling in your hands part of the Fibro? It’s worse with my left arm/hand. It wakes me up in the middle of the night. I know what you mean about not sleeping. I can be so tired laying on the couch watching tv, go to bed and I toss and turn, seems like I’m not sleeping well at all. I haven’t taken Lyrica, I’m taking Cymbalta and it has seemed to help with the morning stiffness pain in my back. I noticed my legs were still hurting when I woke up this morning. I hate pills, and I’m also supposed to take a thousand mil of vitamin D a day as well. Need to go to the vitamin store tomorrow and get that as well. I’m glad your tingling is better!