Guest guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Hello, This is in Virginia. For Lorraine -- I'm surprised you didn't get info about Plaquneil from your pharmacist. Most of the arthritis meds make you extremely sensitive to the sun -- for me, it's Azulfidine EN and Metho especially. (it doesn't help that I have extremely pale skin! I'm so pale I have to use sunscreen during cold weather to to prevent windburn. I use Waterbabies with SPF 45 (there is also a Banana Boat kind designed for people on meds or with certain illnesses that cause extreme sun sensitivity. Take care, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey - >I'm on Plaquinil and Naprosyn. My doc never mentioned not going in >the sun. He had run out of pamphlets on the drug when he first >prescribed it and I don't remember seeing anything on that when I >looked the drug up on the web. Am I reading your post correctly? >Avoid sun exposure if you're on Plaquinil? If so, do you know why? >I'd appreciate any info you have. >Lorraine My question is this.... Does sun or heat cause > > anyone to > > > flare? I seem to flare horribly after being in the sun, which I > > > > thought was more > > > of a lupus thing. I am running low grade fevers, having horrible > > > > hip and > > > shoulder pain, and also pain in fingers and wrists, and I spent a > > > > day at my > > > sister in law's pool the other day. It always seems to happen > > after a day at a > > > pool. Just wondered if anyone had heard of this being related to > > > > RA. Thanks! > > > Pam > > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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