I went to a new rheumy today for an assessment. I have a lot of issues with all my autoimmune stuff and my internist felt I needed to be assessed as he didn't know what to do with me.
Anyway, the new rheumy told me that he felt that I should be on Plaquenil and that I could take it as it doesn't affect people with white cell problems like I have. He said he would not have any problem giving an Aids patient Plaquenil and they have really bad white counts. That made me feel a lot better.
Anyway, we talked some about the Plaquenil and he says that he puts all his Sjogrens patients on it as the drug helps cut down on the incidence of Lymphome plus it helps reduce the inflammatory problems in the lungs. That was such a good thing to hear. I have read that they are getting more aggressive treating Sjogrens and this is really good news to me.
If any of you are having problems with your doctors maybe it would help to just print out my post and even do some searches yourself on google to back up what my doc told me. It may make a big different in your health.
He also told me that usually 50% of Sjoggies have fibromyalgia and while I didn't have a full blown case of it I had a lot of the trigger points that were tender plus the history I filled out informed him of my symptoms. He told me that if I decided to see him he need only see me once a year and that would be if I decided to go on the Plaquenil. I am sure this is because I am already diagnosed and have all the information documented. Irish
