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Originally Posted by mrsD
Were you on Plaquenil? We have another poster here with body burning pain, that followed major itching from Plaquenil.
Or Arava? This is a known PN causer.
Can you tell me what you were taking? and are taking now?
Muscle cramping can be due to low magnesium. Do you use a good magnesium supplement or have you tried epsom salt soaks?
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I was on plaquenil at the time and stopped it immediately. I understand it's half-life in many tissues is quite long (6 months in the retina, for example) but plaquenil is more of a large fiber toxin if I read correctly and rarely so at that. Anyways I had been on it for maybe 6 months stopped it for 3months (didn't think it was helping) then restarted it again about 2 months before the neuropathy started.
I do take magnesium. Like my other pain symptoms the cramps are generally worse as the day progresses. I have read muscle pain and fascicualtions can be a part of SFN, fibromyalgia or lower motor neuron disease among other things.
Thank you for your help, btw.