Herniated discs/plaquenil

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My adult daughter began taking plaquenil on August 7. On August 9,

she had sudden severe pain in her neck, radiating down her arm and

numbing her fingers. MRI's showed 4 herniated discs in her neck

with C5/C6 causing the pain. Could plaquenil have contributed to

this? I realize it probably did not cause the problem, but could it

have aggravated it? She had surgery to wedge the vertebrae with a

cadaver bone, strengthened with a plate. The disk had calcified so

it was totally removed. Fusion will occur as a desired result.

Thanks for any help in this matter.

Worried Mom

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Worried Mom,

My experience with plaquenil was that it gave me terrible headaches

behind my eyes. It is a malaria drug that works well for some with RA. I

did not take it long at all but heard from others who have had good success

with it.

Kay

----- Original Message -----

From: " bingermm " <bingermm@...>

<Rheumatoid Arthritis >

Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:23 PM

Subject: Herniated discs/plaquenil

> My adult daughter began taking plaquenil on August 7. On August 9,

> she had sudden severe pain in her neck, radiating down her arm and

> numbing her fingers. MRI's showed 4 herniated discs in her neck

> with C5/C6 causing the pain. Could plaquenil have contributed to

> this? I realize it probably did not cause the problem, but could it

> have aggravated it? She had surgery to wedge the vertebrae with a

> cadaver bone, strengthened with a plate. The disk had calcified so

> it was totally removed. Fusion will occur as a desired result.

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> Thanks for any help in this matter.

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> Worried Mom

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