Hi everyone
I have been on Methotrexate for about 18 months and Sulphasalazine was added in April this year as my symptoms hadnt improved. I have found that things settled down for a couple of months firstly on Methotrexate then again when i was a few months in on Sulphasalazine.
For the last 6 weeks or so my RA has returned just as bad as it was at the beginning. Some mornings i can hardly walk and i am in constant pain.
Has anyone else experienced this? did you have to try different medications. I am really fed up with it all.
Thanks for listening.
Mungle x
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I hope you are feeling better real soon. ((()))
Regards Elizabeth
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no ones definition of your life
Define yourself........
Harvey Fierstein
I don't believe that I shall ever be free of flare ups. As soon as you think you have found the right balance of medication, something else happens. It would be a godsend if we were all the same, but we're not so it is hard to say that this or that will happen. It seems that every consultant, doctors have different ideas as to how they are going to treat you. In most cases it depends at what stage your treatment began. I think, in my case, it was quite late, and also what other underlying medical issues you have, e.g. I suffer from asthma and high blood pressure, so I can't have some of the medication other arthritic sufferers are able to have. All I can say is, be patient, make sure you get plenty of rest and, if you are at work still, get your employers to organise a work place assessment through Access to work (Job Centre) It is your right.
The short answer is "We're all different". Good luck
joy