Real support for people living with lupus

  • 38,481 members living with lupus
  • 18 new members this month

You know how you feel. So do they.
Join PatientsLikeMe to compare treatments, track symptoms, and get advice and support from the ones who understand lupus most: those living with it.

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Access real-world data

"What makes a site like this important is that you find out that you are not alone in the world."

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Learn about treatments

"PatientsLikeMe empowers patients with its symptom and medication tracking capabilities and guides. They enable patients to be proactive and participate in deciding the direction of their treatment, rather than just waiting to see what the doctor will suggest."

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Share your experience

"Since joining PLM I have found support, courage to let others know what it is like to have a condition like mine."

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Track your symptoms

Track your health over time and see symptoms from others with lupus

Commonly tracked symptoms
  • headaches

  • brain fog

  • joint pain

  • muscle pain

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Compare lupus treatments

See which treatments others are using to treat their symptoms

Commonly tracked treatments
  • Hydroxychloroquine
    (Plaquenil)
  • Belimumab
    (Benlysta)
  • Methotrexate
    (Apo-Methotrexate)
  • Prednisone
    (Prednisone Intensol)
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What makes PatientsLikeMe different?

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Founded by Family

"Our brother Stephen was living with ALS and we thought, ‘there has to be a better way.’ There is."

Jamie & Ben Heywood, Co-founders

Focused on Members

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Devoted to Data

Tracking the symptoms of lupus helps our community manage their health today and helps researchers shorten the path to new treatments tomorrow.