Mepacrine & Dr Chu

[Snoop]

I have an appointment at the end of September with Dr Chu.

I have tried various drugs in the past with no success. I have recently returned to Remeron as i have had a little success with this, not much but it helps to forget about the damn condition 24/7 therefore limitng the flushing to only once a day instead of 24/7 beet face. I tried remeron for 6 weeks at 15mg a few months ago, it worked OK but i was in a hazy daze for those 6 weeks and had to come off it.

Anyway im now taking 30mg, dont feel dizzy, dont feel tired, feel alright.

I'm still red in the face but im not thinking about it 24/7 and im sleeping better without worrying about putting my face on my pillow. Its wierd the way it worked. One day i was beet all day, then that night i took a remeron and the next day i wasnt so beet and thinking about it. Ive been on it 1 week, i hope the condition gets better with longetiviety of the drug.

Anyway, the remeron clearly isnt helping 100% therefore im going to see Dr Chu. I've heard great success on this board with Mepacrine and considering asking Dr Chu for it.

will he prescribe it happily? do i have to go back to my doctor once ive seen dr chu to get the drug?

im sick of seeing all my local doctors, they all think its in my head and want to send me to some therapy!! argh!!!

im trying to live a normal life for christ sake.

can i take remeron and Mepacrine at the same time?

cheers all.

[nat007]

The times I saw Dr Chu, mepacrine was in his first line of meds for severe flushers, together with clonidine and remeron. I am pretty sure he will have no problem at all prescribing it to you for a test period to see if you improve on it. Some seem to respond extremely well to it with a massive improvement on their rosacea, for some it does nothing and a few seem to even get worse on it (me for instance, but I react strong to dye in general).
Best of luck! Dr Chu is an extremely nice and knowledgeable dermatologist, I am sure he'll do all he can to help you.
I plan on seeing him later in the year for a touch up as well.

best wishes Natalja

[Snoop]

The times I saw Dr Chu, mepacrine was in his first line of meds for severe flushers, together with clonidine and remeron. I am pretty sure he will have no problem at all prescribing it to you for a test period to see if you improve on it. Some seem to respond extremely well to it with a massive improvement on their rosacea, for some it does nothing and a few seem to even get worse on it (me for instance, but I react strong to dye in general).
Best of luck! Dr Chu is an extremely nice and knowledgeable dermatologist, I am sure he'll do all he can to help you.
I plan on seeing him later in the year for a touch up as well.

best wishes Natalja

what exactly does the mepacrine do?

how does it work for flushers?

[nat007]

I'm not entirely sure. It works for lupus, another inflammatory immune related (skin/) disease as well.
I think it is partly because of anti-inflammatory actions and partly unknown.

[Snoop]

I'm not entirely sure. It works for lupus, another inflammatory immune related (skin/) disease as well.
I think it is partly because of anti-inflammatory actions and partly unknown.

i got my appointment brought forward to the 3rd of september.

cant wait to go.

as i write this im flushing.

for no reason what so ever.

all im doing and have done today is a bit of computer work. so annoyed.

the remeron helps you forget about flushing 24/7 but i am still prone to a flush every day.

also i dont know about others but my face is fucking aching when i flush these days, any one else?

I emailed CHU about the mepacrine and he said he uses it as 2nd line medicine.

if i tell him the clonidine/prop didnt work and remeron nothing amazin, do you think he will prescribe me mepacrine?

thanks all