I received a call from my Sarcoidosis doctor today that my white blood count is still low for a second time, so he’s taking me off of Hydroxycholoroquine, aka Plaquenil.
I started taking the drug in January 2008, and I wondered if there would be any withdrawal effect coming off this drug after four years, since as of today, I am coming off of it cold turkey, no tapering like prednisone. Here us what I could find on hydroxychloroquine withdrawal.
Gender of people who have Withdrawal syndrome when taking Plaquenil * :
| Female | Male | |
| Withdrawal syndrome | 100.00% | 0.00% |
Age of people who have Withdrawal syndrome when taking Plaquenil * :
| 0-1 | 2-9 | 10-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60+ | |
| Withdrawal syndrome | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 14.29% | 71.43% | 14.29% |
Severity of Withdrawal syndrome when taking Plaquenil * :
| n/a |
How people recoverd from Withdrawal syndrome * :
| n/a |
Top conditions involved for these people * :
- Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Breakthrough pain
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Epilepsy
Top co-used drugs for these people * :
- Duragesic-100
- Lyrica
- Cymbalta
- Embeda
- Prednisone
This does not really say anything really, but I just thought it was interesting. If i do have any withdraway symptoms, I’ll be sure to post them here.
