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What do patients take to treat Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Hydroxychloroquine (Hydroxychlor, Plaquenil)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 3 (60%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (20%) experienced no efficacy 1 (20%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 2 (40%) experienced mild side effects 3 (60%) experienced no side effects	5
Prednisone (Encorton, Deltasone, Pronizon)	2 (50%) experienced major efficacy 1 (25%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 1 (25%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 2 (50%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (25%) experienced mild side effects 1 (25%) experienced no side effects	4
Methotrexate (Methotrexate Sodium, Preservative Free, Metoject, Rheumatrex Dose Pack, Trexall)	1 (50%) experienced major efficacy 1 (50%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	2 (100%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	2
Naproxen OTC (Equate Naproxen, Good Sense Naproxen Sodium, Kroger Naproxen Sodium, Members Mark Naproxen Sodium)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 1 (100%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (100%) experienced no side effects	1
Celecoxib (Celebrex)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 1 (100%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 0 (0%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 0 (0%) experienced mild side effects 1 (100%) experienced no side effects	1
Azathioprine (Imurek, Azasan, Azapress, Imurel)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 1 (100%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (100%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	1
Nifedipine (Adalat CC, Nifedipine Ointment, Procardia XL, Nifedical XL)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Diltiazem (Dilacor XR, Diltia XT, Diltiazem ER, Diltiazem CD)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease at PatientsLikeMe?

68 patients have this condition
6 New patients joined this month
34 say Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
0 patients	7 patients	20 patients	20 patients	12 patients	4 patients	0 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
95%	Females
5%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	9	9
20-29 yrs	15	15
30-39 yrs	10	10
40-49 yrs	7	7
50-59 yrs	5	5
60-69 yrs	0	0
70+ yrs	0	0

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	51	51
Not Officially Diagnosed	2	2

These charts show data from Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease patients who have completed their condition history

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