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Nictuku

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2. So if I get Covid-19, does this mean I should stop taking HydroxyChlorquine?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:34 PM
Aug 2020

I've been taking it for 5 years now for Lupus. This makes me wonder if it would make it even worse for me if (god forbid) I get C-19.

I will ask my doctor, of course.

I also take high doses of Vitamin D (prescribed by my doctor 50,00 mg 3 times a week). This is also due to the Lupus because it gets triggered when I get sun on my skin. (causes my hair to fall out). Because of the lack of sun, I now have a very low level of Vitamin D in my system. (so depressing, I miss the feel of sun on my skin)

I have read that low Vitamin D people are more susceptible to C-19 symptoms. That doesn't make me feel much better because the Lupus already is messing with my auto immune system.

And how I got the Lupus? A side-effect from another terrible drug treatment I had to go on back in 2012 (Interferon).

I have to get my eyes checked every 4 months to make sure that the Plaquenil is not causing me to lose my vision.

I have a healthy distrust of all prescribed medications, do you blame me?

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