A while back I posted that my rheumy said he thought I had fibromyalgia too because of all the twitches and chronic muscle spasms. He gave me 300 mg a day of gabapentin. When I told hime it wasn't getting rid of all the twitches and spasms, he upped the dose to 900mg a day.
I am still having the problem more than a month after tripling my meds. Being frustrated with almost constant twitching, especially in my face, I googled if plaquenil had twitch/spasms as a side-affect. Lo and behold, every link that came up said it is a well known symptom! Why didn't my rheumy tell me it was a possible cause?! He is not new to rheumatology or internal medicine.
Anyway, now I have to decide whether I want to keep taking a medication which is highly addictive to only partially help the side-affects of plaquenil. I know I will tell my dr what i discovered, no matter what I decide, because I am shocked he didn't mention it.
I know doctors are only human but this is a biiiig mess-up to me. Now I have to worry about withdrawals, etc. I am not mentioning this to be a complainer. I want others to know the risk of their doc making the same mistake. ASK QUESTIONS!