went to doc..... drug questions.........

[Guest guest]

i went to the rheum doctor on friday, the doctors office did not send

the labs over so thankfully i had a copy to give her....she looked at

them and told me my vit d was non existant......i had to start taking

some......my ana which was positive is not negative....my RF was

neg.... but she is going to do a bunch more labs that she wants done

the begining of may, to see changes and keep the insurance company

happy (not too many of the same too close) she then gave me 2 scripts

and told me i had to taper off the prednisone down to 5 mgs a day

the meds she gave me was vit d 50000 iu, to take one 2 times a week for

4 weeks then once a week after that, also i had to get on calcium.

the other was hydroxychloroquine 200 mgs times a day....i have to look

this one up, i have never given it or worked with it before.... any one

take this before? is this a normal first try drug???

it was an ok visit, just wish i felt better already....i was hoping the

prednisone would work miricles (it helped some)

amber

[Guest guest]

hydrochloroquine worked fairly quickly and well for me but I had very mild

symptoms at the time (still not too bad). My rheumy loves this med as its been

around for a long time and is usually well tolerated. Unfortunately, about 30%

of patients who take it who have psoriasis find that the psoriasis worsens. By

the time I figured out what was causing mine to worsen I was itching all over

despite multiple anti-itching meds. It was quite funny, really. My rheumy felt

bad but I still think it was worth a try as I might have been one of the lucky

70%.

Hope it works well for you.

ez

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