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Title: gas from plaquenil
Post by: lkw_dvm2010 on January 23, 2009, 11:48:20 AM
Does anybody else have problems with excessive gas on the plaquenil?  Ever since I started taking I have had really bad gas.  Not really painful but extremely annoying and embarrassing.  Does anybody have any suggestions?
Title: Re: gas from plaquenil
Post by: Pooh on January 23, 2009, 11:52:00 AM
Are you taking it with food of any kind?  I take mine with yogurt or right before I eat breakfast and dinner. 

Also be sure to mention this to your doctor when you go to your next appointment. 

Pooh
Title: Re: gas from plaquenil
Post by: lkw_dvm2010 on January 24, 2009, 03:21:43 PM
yes i do take it with food but still gives me bad gas
Title: Re: gas from plaquenil
Post by: kim31072 on January 26, 2009, 03:19:49 PM
Mine did for about the first 2 1/2 weeks then it settled down and I have no issues any longer.

Good luck

Kim
Title: Re: gas from plaquenil
Post by: lkw_dvm2010 on January 26, 2009, 05:09:23 PM
I have been on it for nearly 8 months and still have probs with it. But it does seem to help so I have no real choice. 
Title: Re: gas from plaquenil
Post by: kelene on January 26, 2009, 06:20:51 PM
OMG.. well I was on plaquenil for three yrs and came off of it for the last month and half and I had noticed that lately I don't seem to have gas ... I never made the connection... but for sure it causes loud noisey gas... bad time