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What do you know about drug induced lupus?



My husband has been diagnosed with this. How is it treated and how long will it take to go away.

these websites have some good info:
http://www.lupus.org/education/brochures...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drug-induce...
First, stop taking the drug implicated, if possible.

It is treated like lupus, according to the symptoms, usually with anti inflammatories, maybe short term Prednisone.
The symptoms should go within a few weeks.
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