Don't beat yourself up about
the prednisone. That medication is not for everyone and it is very damaging with long term use for even those who can take it (really long time use of all of them is damaging). If you do some research on lupus you will see that Nausea is a side effect of lupus; whoever, I believe it is a side effect of plaquniel also. Don't stop going to your doctors. I have already been through what you are going through-- those medications can be something else. I can only take one plaquenil. Two of them is too strong for me. Although sometimes you get upset with the whole thing about
going to the doctor, you need to go at least twice a year even when you are not having symptoms. I go every three months because I have been having problems since I had a flare July 2007 and had to start taking my medication. Predinisone did not help me either (it gave me 55 lbs), but sometimes the doctor have to try you on several drugs before they can find one that works for you. If you have a high sed rate you may need to take the medications for a while to lower your sed rate. Remeber the doctors can't cure you but by them running test and blood work they might can catch things before they get worst. I really go to my doctors just for that. When you think about
it if you have patients taking drugs that give them the same side effect as their disease you really don't know how to help them? The blood work, ultrasounds,etc. can at least let you know what is going on. I ask for a copy when I go to my doctors office. Just so I can know everything. Sometimes they overlook somethings that they think are not important.
