• Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net
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    10 months ago

    Take the recommended dose and you’ll be fine, just don’t go over because it’s easy to OD with.

    You might also go blind, but that’s a future you problem

    • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Yeah my rheumatologist did mention that to me but he said it takes years and years to start to form and is easy to revert. He just said to get eyes checked every year

      • SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca
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        10 months ago

        It is most certainly not easy to revert. I was on it for 15 years and now have permanent, irreversible damage to my macular. I also can’t take hydroxychloroquine at all anymore because I will go blind.

        But my doctors messed up and didn’t checked my eyes for over a decade. Once the usual optician spotted it, it was too late. If you see an ophthalmologist every year, they should spot any issue before it’s too late.