Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) for use in Autoimmune disease. Side effects Medication.
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Plaquenil was originally developed in the 1940's and used most often for treating or preventing malaria, which is spread by mosquitoes and can cause fever, chills, and a flu like illness. You still may hear Plaquenil being referred to as an antimalarial drug but nowadays it is most often known for treating certain autoimmune diseases, especially the connective tissue diseases such as lupus, RA, Sjogren’s syndrome, and scleroderma. It also treats other inflammatory and dermatological conditions so many people are on it!
Plaquenil belongs to a class of medications known as DMARDs. That’s D M A R Ds and it stands for Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs. They are considered "disease modifying" because studies have indicated that they decrease pain, swelling, and joint damage and reduce the severity of long-term disability related to some of these diseases.
There are two other DMARDs besides Plaquenil but they are associated with more or worse side effects so they are not used as often.
Plaquenil seems to be a good baseline drug to start when first diagnosed with inflammatory connective tissue disease and one that many people will probably stay on for continued disease management. It won't prevent the disease from progressing but it should help slow it down. It also seems to be good at restraining the immune system without increasing the odds for infection. That's a strong plus for Plaquenil since many other drugs that work on the immune system also weaken it and can thereby increase the risk for infection substantially.
Plaquenil is a slow acting drug. It can take up to 6 months for full effectiveness. So give it time. Most people, however, notice some improvement after about two months. It’s thought to suppress the overly active immune responses that occur with autoimmune conditions but no one seems to be sure how it does this.
I found a long list of symptoms that Plaquenil has been associated with relieving. Let me just sum them up for you by saying that Plaquenil can help reduce the incidence and severity of symptoms related to the autoimmune condition it's treating.
Many people find that it helps with pain and joint mobility specifically. In fact, I’ve heard a number of people say that they didn’t realize just how much Plaquenil was helping them until they had to come off of it for some reason and all their symptoms and pain returned or worsened.
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