They had, and I have never taken anymore Plaquenil. But I began having headaches and earaches and insisted that the root canaled teeth had to be removed. It was a different dentist that told me that I was absolutely correct and that everything I had discovered had been discovered 75 years ago by a dentist by the name of Weston Price. I showed an oral surgeon Dr. Price's works and based on this he was willing to remove all my teeth. Since then I have had no Lupus symptoms but have remained on Nardil because I believe Low Serotonin is the underlying cause which I will get to in a moment.
Current research indicates that there is a bacteria link to the autoimmune diseases.
It is felt that the bacteria itself is not the cause but that the toxins produced cause a mimicry for the immune system. It is conclusive for a type of arthritis called Reactive Arthritis which is correlated to the HLA-B27 antigen which by the way I have. In the Lupus literature vasculitis is correlated to Lupus. It is felt that Lupus causes vasculitis. My theory is that it is the reverse.