Barb - Plaquenil and Lightheadedness

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Nice to hear from you, Barb. Sorry about the lightheadedness you are

experiencing. Dizziness or lightheadedness are known side-effects of

Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine):

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/hquine_ad.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/hydroxychloroquinesystemic202288.htm\

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http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/001719.cfm

Sorry about that. It must be really annoying. Please do discuss it with

your physician at your upcoming appointment.

[ ] diets and such

> Hi all, I know that I really don't post much at all but I do read

everything

> that is posted here. I am also one of those people that need to lose

weight.

> :0( I just read that Judy has used slimfast and I wanted to know

what you

> thought of it. Does it actually taste good? Not sure if I would use

> something like that or have lean cuisine for lunch instead. I go back

to my

> rhuemy in about 2 weeks but most everything has stayed pretty much the

same

> as my last visit to him. My biggest complaint is that I get

lightheaded quite

> a bit. I'm not sure if it's the voltaren, plaquenil, or a combination

of the

> two, so I'll have to run that by him. I hope that eveyone that is

suffering

> starts to have some relief now that the winter is passing us by. take

care.

> Barb