Re: Newly Diagnosed with ??? Sandie

December 15, 2005

Hi Stacie:

Welcome to the group - a great place to come for

unconditional support and information. I was dx with

RA almost 7 years ago, and my first med was Plaquenil.

I did great on it for almost 2-1/2 years until the RA

became more aggressive and the Plaquenil was not

helping any longer. I had absolutely no side effects

from it. Just make sure that you get your eyes

checked about ever 6 months - there is a slight chance

of retinal problems with Plaquenil, so you need to

keep an eye (no pun intended lol) onit.

It took the Plaquenil about 2-3 months before I began

to notice benefit from it. Hope this helps -

Kathe in CA

--- sl_wolfe <sl_wolfe@...> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

> I am a 32 yr female newly diagnosed with RA. I have

> been on mobic and

> pain meds until I could see rheumatologist. He wrote

> me a script today

> for plaquenil. I am very scared to take medication

> for fear of side

> effects. The only other thing he said was for me to

> join a water

> therapy class. Is there anything anyone has tried as

> far as diet that

> has worked well for them? Any help would be

> appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Stacie

>

Kathe in CA

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