Newly diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis

Auds

Hi I’ve just been diagnosed as well as having just had surgery for breast cancer. I was started on salazopyrin about a month ago and also had two lots of surgery since early February for surgery. For the last few weeks I’ve had constant headaches. I’m now wondering if it might be this new medication for RA. I think headaches are a common side effect. Have others had this too?

Tom

Greetings and welcome to the forum, @Auds .

I see that you have recently been given a diagnosis of RA and have and recent surgery for breast cancer. Your main stated concern at the moment is the headaches that you believe could be connected to the Salazoparyn (trade name Sulfasalazine) that you take. Here is a link to information on our website:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/drugs/sulfasalazine/

I urge you to talk to your rheumatology team. They can assess the situation in full knowledge of your condition.

And here is information on RA:

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/rheumatoid-arthritis/

I hope you find help from the forum. Keep posting and let us know how you get on.

Tom, Moderator.

stickywicket

As someone who has had RA for years and also had breast cancer somewhere in the middle of it, I know you've just been through an awful lot in a very short time.

One of the problems of arthritis is that we tend to blame the disease or the meds for everything. Sometimes we're right and sometimes we're wrong. I suggest you ring your rheumatology helpline and ask advice, pointing out the recent ops which you've just told us about. When I had my mastectomy, my rheumatologist and oncologist liaised with each other.

Good luck.