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If someone is misdiagnosed with sle & start using sle med (plaquenil, prednisone, imuran) will he get sle or any other disease?
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No: Only potential side effects from medications which i hope you have stopped if definitely not needed.
Answered 9/26/2015
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No: A normal person who receives immunosuppressant lupus medications will not develop lupus. They can of course have the usual side effects that go with the medications, but they will not develop lupus if they didn't have it already.
Answered 10/13/2020
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