Hydroxy has stopped working for me.

judyc
judyc Member Posts: 26
edited 20. Mar 2011, 15:07 in Living with Arthritis archive
Has anyone else experienced this. I've been on and off Hydroxy for about 10 years and this is the first time its stopped working for me. I'm taking two a day and have been in pain on and off for over a week. My PA is getting worse. This is scarey! I've been given Brufen Retard to take along with Omeprazole incase it upsets my stomach. Is anyone else taking Brufen Retard. I'm trying to cope without taking these!

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  • suzygirl
    suzygirl Member Posts: 2,005
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Maybe you are having a flare??? When is your next rheumy appt??
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Sorry, can't help, I tried hydroxy for about nine months with no affect...
    Was told to just stop taking it, not offered an alternative.. Lol

    Best wishes... If it is a flare up I sincerely hope it doesn't last long..
    :grin:
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  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Judy

    Sorry you are feeling so rough and that the Hydroxy doesn't seem to working for you any more.

    Hopefully you can see the rheumatologist sooner rather than later to discuss alternatives. Not sure what else, you have tried but there are lots of other things out there. Meantime I do think it would be worth taking the Brufen (and the Omeprazole) to see if it gives you some relief. Many of us on here are taking some form of anti-inflammatory so I hopefully will be along soon with some experience of Brufen Retard.

    Thinking of you.

    Love Tilly xxx
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 3,635
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I've moved this thread to LWA as it is better suited here and may get more responses.

    Moderator AN
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    just popping this back where it can be seen am lucky still working for me but have you talked to your gp my rhummy sent mine an alternative i could take if hydro did not work for me worth asking good luck val
    val
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi judy
    sorry the hydroxy no longer has an effect on you.....I started taking it well over a year ago along with celebrex and it has helped.

    Perhaps your body has got used to it and it is time for a change.
    I hope you get a quick rhummy appointment and that the brufen helps while you wait.

    Take care
    juliepf x
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    This can happen (and indeed does): what has been a successful treatment suddenly isn't so good. I am not a doctor and so don't fully understand the reasons why but my thinking has been (when it has happened to me) that over a period of time the body must get used to a certain med, or ingredient of that med, and it stops reacting to it. There are alternatives out there so your GP is the one to help on this front. Let's hope you can find another med that works just as well, if not better. DD
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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,027
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi

    I too am on hydroxy and have been for years. It's such an inoffensive drug isn't it?

    As for the ibuprofen, if you can tolerate it I would as I also take arcoxia (also and anti-inflamatory like ibuprofen) at times.

    I hope it settles down for you with the ibuprofen, and that it is a quick flare which goes AWAY :x

    If you really can't bear it maybe you need to try to get a rheumy appt sooner rather than later?

    Love

    Toni xx
  • judyc
    judyc Member Posts: 26
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you for all your replies. It's really, really comforting to know that there are people that really understand. I saw my GP last night and she said my arthritis is getting worse and that's why the Hydroxy isn't working, and I must take the Brufen with the stomach tablets only as and when needed. My next appointment to see my Consultant is in June. Hey ho!
  • madwestie
    madwestie Member Posts: 383
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Judy, I hope you get things sorted before june can you ring you rheumy's secretary to see if you could get an earlier appointment.

    I started by taking Hydroxy then had Methotrexate added in. I did ask my rheumy nurse a couple of years later if the hydroxy did anything and she said it may not seem to but the meds work in layers like a mesh, each one blocking the inflamation a bit, so they work together.So i still take the Hydroxy.

    I really hope you get some help soon,

    Tracey

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