Re: How long for Plaquenil to work and...

[Guest guest]

Hi Kami,

I am taking Plaquenil also. I don't know really when it starts to

work because I am taking it with Predisone. I believe that Alieve is

the best to use for pain if you aren't on anything else for pain

reliever. I know that my doctor said it may take 1 to 2 months to

help with pain. Hope this helps a little.

Destiny

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> how will I know if it is working? I have been on it 4 weeks now and

am still in a good bit of pain.... Tylenol is NOT cutting it and I

have been taking a Vicodin at night to ease the pain. Not every night

but in my opinion, the fact I need to take it AT ALL disturbs me.

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> I am also start getting pain in my neck and upper spine..... I am

wondering if this is EVER going to end!!!!! GROWL!

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[Guest guest]

Hi Kami!

I began taking Plaquenil a little over a year and a

half ago. I first had to go have a retina exam to get

a baseline evaluation done. My doctors require that I

go every six months to have the retinas examed while

taking the Plaquenil. It can take months to begin

working effectively as it needs to build up in the

body. I was only prescribed Plaquenil (with low dose

pred for bad flares) for my first whole year and a

half. We added Sulfasalazine awhile back. That took

six months to build up in my system and then we needed

to increase the dosage to make it better. It may seem

like its not working at times, but I found out the

hard way it really is doing its job! When I had to

stop the sulfasalzine for 3 months due to illness, I

could barely get out of bed, or stand. If i miss one

day now, I feel a HUGE increase in pain. I thought

that because I hurt everywhere everyday still, I

wasn't getting better, but I learned really quickly

that the medication was indeed working. Hope you find

some relief soon:)

--- ~ Kami ~ <kamilleon@...> wrote:

> how will I know if it is working? I have been on it

> 4 weeks now and am still in a good bit of pain....

> Tylenol is NOT cutting it and I have been taking a

> Vicodin at night to ease the pain. Not every night

> but in my opinion, the fact I need to take it AT ALL

> disturbs me.

>

> I am also start getting pain in my neck and upper

> spine..... I am wondering if this is EVER going to

> end!!!!! GROWL!

>

>

>

>

> ©x© Kami ©x©

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