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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 22 7:22pm | Replies (27)

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Suetex. I had a muscle biopsy of my quadriceps in 2019 at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. After a decade of progressive muscle weakness, pain and atrophy, it was the only test that provided an answer. I had neuromuscular toxicity from Plaquenil that I had taken for 25 years! A muscle biopsy is a valuable test when the diagnosis is uncertain or you are not responding clinically as expected. It was not bad but was uncomfortable afterwards as any surgical site does. The answer was well worth any discomfort I experienced.

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Thank you so much for your reply. I had been on Plaquenil but my rheummy had me stop it when I didn't respond to the IvIg. So it probably wasn't that but I could have had a bad reaction to it. Your experience is what I needed to hear. (I case I need to "steer" the new doc.) I hope the knowledge was helpful to you and you are doing better.