Although this should have been discussed with her Rheumatologist Nevertheless just to let you aware that HCQ CAN rarely cause retinopathy hence every 5 year patient should have OCT scan to keep an eye on impending retinopathy features. Retinopathy due to HCQS is very rare.
P.S: PARACETAMOL can cause
liver failure so why Dr prescribe it? Well everything has side-effects but clinicians do assess pros and cons and take a wise decision and sometimes rationale may not be easily understandable to common public.