Actually clinically Plaquenil was more commonly used in the past, when its patent was still active. We would have 3 or 4 bottles on the shelf in those days. But now? small stores would not have any until a person showed up and they would special order it.
Big heavy volume stores may have 1 to 1.5 bottles on hand. Because of the rising cost of drugs in the past 10 yrs... inventories are often followed by the computer...it will reorder when an RX is filled etc. Drugs go out of date quickly now, and dead inventory is just not feasible any longer. So if a person gets a new RX for Plaquenil the store they go to might have to order it for them. Then as it is refilled that store would rely on the computer inventory software to keep it in stock for that person. I would bet there are some relatively new pharmacists out there now who have never filled an RX for this.
When you go to Sjogren's forums, you have to realize that they come from all over... and even then not all would even be online.
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Sjogren’s syndrome is the third most common rheumatic autoimmune disorder, behind only rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).[39] There are no geographical differences in the prevalence of Sjögren’s Syndrome.[40] Sjögren's syndrome has been reported in all areas of the world, although regional epidemiology is not a thoroughly researched area.[40][41] Depending on the criteria for determining prevalence, studies estimate the prevalence of Sjogren’s syndrome at 500,000 to 2 million patients in the United States. Moreover, other broader studies of prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome range widely with some reports of up to a prevalence of 3% of the population.[39] Few studies that have been conducted on the incidence of Sjögren's syndrome report that the incidence of the syndrome varies between 3 and 6 per 100,000 per year.[39][42]
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from Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%B6gren%27s_syndrome
And not everyone who has this is going to be using Plaquenil.
Here is another example: How many people in US have
diabetes? One might guess a high number....based on all the press and commercials for it.
But according to 2014 CDC stats, it is only 9.3%....
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/sta...icsreport.html
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