Courage to start meds but why high dosage

[Suze]

I stopped the Plaquenil in December because I have other eye problems, and was worried. I've had eye problems since childhood, and now I have a new thing, a cornea dystrophy for which I will soon need surgery, so I am particularly paranoid about my eyes. However, I did notice that after being on 200 mg twice a day for a long time (several years), I was eventually able to reduce it to once a day and I felt the same. It was when I went off it completely that things went downhill again. But what I'm saying is that 200 mg a day worked well for me for a while, but only after I had been on 400 mg a day for a long time and things were feeling more stable.

[Suelaw]

It was a mistake the rheumatologist a secretary said to take 400mg and that the doc meant to put 1 twice daily instead of 2 twice daily no apology after me starting off on high dose!
I'm hoping it settles the nausea feeling I get when it starts working.
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