34 patient evaluations for Hydroxychloroquine

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Nov 7, 2012 (Started Jan 15, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 20, 2012 (Started Jun 06, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (nausea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 28, 2012 (Started Dec 06, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: $100-199 monthly

Apr 9, 2012 (Started Dec 06, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Make sure you take precaution and get a yearly checkup with an optometrist for damage to your peripheral vision.
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 7, 2012 (Started May 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (diarrhea, skin rash)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: After a few months of break from this drug, my new rheumatologist wants me back on it. So far, no side effects like last time.

Apr 19, 2012 (Started May 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (diarrhea, skin rash)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I started taking hydroxychloroquine as soon as I was diagnosed with lupus. I had a lesion on my nose (a white bump) that disappeared after a month of taking the drug (the bump had been there for over a year). I had hives when I started the drug (dosage 200mg) and my doctor told me to take the drug every other day until my body got used to it. Once the hives ended, I started taking it everyday, and after a year, my dosage was increased to 400 mg. At the highest, I took 600mg, but only for 6 months, and the dosage was decreased again to 400 mg, which I took for 3 years. I just stopped the drug 2 weeks ago on my own, cold-turkey, and have had no adverse reactions. If anything, I feel and look healthier than I have in years.
  • 2 helpful marks

Jun 24, 2012 (Started Jan 15, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for mixed connective tissue disease)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (flatulence, abdominal pain, diarrhea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: The best is to take this medication at night so that you sleep through any side effects, I also find drinking milk really really helps reduce side effects. Do not eat brussel sprouts with this medication unless you want your partner to kick you out of bed (toot-toot)
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 1 helpful mark

Jul 1, 2003 (Started Jul 01, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Try it and always listen to your doctor.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 31, 2012 (Started Aug 25, 2006)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I have had a consistently low white blood count my entire life. After taking plaquenil, my count began to normalize. I find having an alarm set right before bed time and never moving my pills from my end-table keeps me on track.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Jul 1, 1987 (Started Jul 01, 1987)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Since I could not indicate this in the cost section, I was a Junior in college at the time and on my parent's medical insurance, which ws BCBS of NC. I am not aware of the cost of the treatments as all insurance and co pays were paid by my parents.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 20, 2012 (Started Apr 05, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (cluster headaches)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I really can not tell if it is helping my symtoms. But if I do not take it, I would be afraid I might find out.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 19, 2012 (Started Mar 03, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (swelling of lips)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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