Common side effects may include: This is not diarrhea difficulty seeing at night dilated neck veins dizziness or fainting fast, pounding, uneven heartbeat feeling that others are watching you or controlling your behavior feeling that others can hear your thoughts feeling, seeing, or hearing things that are not there
Seek emergency medical attention if you have fast or pounding heartbeats and sudden dizziness (like you might pass out)
Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, dizziness, or headache may occur
Plaquenil may cause serious side effects including: trouble focusing your eyes, light flashes in your vision, swelling or color changes in your eyes, headache with
Some members of MyLupusTeam have wondered if brain fog is a side effect
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A cerebrospinal fluid leak is when CSF leaks from the brain or spine
In the past, chloroquine was used widely as a prophylactic agent to prevent
Diseases that affect your brain
Background: I had to stop taking it after just a week due to dizziness
Neuropathy, which means inflammation and/or damage to the peripheral nerves, can be affect patients with Sjögren’s syndrome
Muscle weakness, changes in blood cell counts, and vision changes are rare side effects of hydroxychloroquine
Other side effects, such as heart failure and liver failure, are long-term conditions
Some RA treatments and complications can also cause dizziness
In early 2020, anecdotal reports and preliminary data suggested utility of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for attenuating viral loads and symptoms in patients
Within a couple of weeks, the body usually adapts to whatever is causing it
This can present as sensorineural hearing loss and/or tinnitus and/or imbalance after using hydroxychloroquine and can be either temporary or permanent
Inner ear infections
which can cause side effects including nausea, dizziness, lethargy (very low energy), and fever
It works to block the signals to the brain that cause these symptoms
Many aspects of Sjögren’s affect sleep: being too dry, in too much pain or malaise; multiple trips to the bathroom, the need for water or to put in eye ointment all deter a good sleep
Some people have a serious side effect from hydroxychloroquine