I've been on plaquenil since Nov. and haven't had any side effects until last few weeks i have been having problems with shortness of breath. My rheumy pulled me off plaquenil and it has improved. He had just started to reduce the steroids too since the drug was working. has anyone else had this problem? If so what med did dr put you on after plaquenil? It did seem to help and I was really hoping to get off steroids soon but without the plaquenil that doesn't seem likely to happen. Thank you so… read more