I recently had to come off of plaqenil, which has controlled my symptoms fairly well for the past couple of years. My doctor mentioned that the next two drugs to try would be sulfasalazine or methotrexate. I'm allergic to sulfa drugs, so that leaves methotrexate as my next option. I was...

Hi, I was diagnosed with lupus 2 years ago. I am 23 and have been on Plaquenil ever since. The only symptom I ever really had was sporadic mild itchy rashes and joint pain. With plaquenil I feel pretty great; my joint pain is completely gone. However, occasionally (every 4ish months- I think...