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Lupus Meds question

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 27, 2023 | Replies (26)

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@jerrysgirl3

@windyshores Yes I've heard about that eye issue. Even though I've been off it for two months and on it maybe 6 weeks prior to that, I'm keeping my eye doc appt in two weeks just to check them out. It's not a good medicine. I heard so many bad things about it and was so hesitant to start it when I didn't feel I needed it. Doctors rely too much on meds. My husband and I were just commenting that all the commercials on TV are medicine related. No more food or product related ads!! And the side effects, which they ramble off at the end, are worse then the original disease 😳

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I thought hydroxychloroquine was a relatively benign drug actually. I didn't have side effects except for, eventually, flashing lights in my peripheral vision. Not the vision field issue usually seen. The flashing lights stopped when I went off. But for several years, no side effects. (My cardiac QT interval is now longish so I would probably avoid hydroxychloroquine for that reason now.)