- Re: about Plaquenil

[Guest guest]

Thanks Becki for your input. For the most part Aundrea has seen some

real benefit on Plaquenil, especially after about 3 months of use.

Her only side effects have been increased sun-sensitivity and

bruising. I tried to look up everything I could find on Plaquenil

and was never able to locate anything that advised against its use in

systemic jra or any other type of jra for that matter.

Thanks again for your response,

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- In , Arthurnator@w... wrote:

> Hi ,

> was put on 200mg Plaquenil a day when he failed 25mg MTX

> injections(both together) and there was a waiting list for Enbrel.

> The eye toxicity you hear about goes back to the day when they

didn't know

> how to dose it(Dr.Lehmans book It's Not Just Growing Pains).

> I was the one at the conferance that sat at the round table

discussion about

> SOJRA along with Stacia and that witch Dr. was adamant that

Plaquenil can

> cause MAS and it's on the board test.I have yet to find it anywhere

but have read

> that Sulfazalizine can and is a no no because of an allergic

reaction along

> with andy sulfa drugs.

> My opinion and all of s rheumies is that it's to mild for SoJRA

and was

> called a desperation drug.It can take 6 months to work if it works

at all.It

> is the safest of all DMARDS because it isn't an immunosupresant,

it's also the

> mildest.

> It didn't seem to do anything major for but I do believe it

helped

> reduce his daily steroid dose a few mg along with the joint

injection in his

> refractory to anything lft ankle.

> Eyes still need to be checked at baseline and every 6 months for

Plaquenil

> toxicity by guidelines but I doubt there would be a problem.

> Becki and 6 systemic

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