R.A and lupus

[Sabrina_25]

I went to my doctor and told him when I was on humira I felt healthy in some ways. He asked me humira was giving to me for what I said I was diagnosed with lupus and R.A and took methotrexate and humira he said impossible to have both. This is true ???

[ac489]

I have both Lupus and R.A. Maybe your doctor needs to study up on Lupus and overlapping immune diseases.

[Cindymc]

Yes I was also diagnosed with lupus and RA. I've read a lot and it is quite common.

[Welshchemist]

I've been diagnosed with both, in the end it is a "lupus like" is the best I Can get from them. After extensive reading, no two people who have "lupus" have exactly the same symptoms so it's incredibly difficult to distinguish. Hope this helps xx

[misty14]

Hi Sabrina

Did you mean impossible to take both drugs humira and methotrexate or impossible having lupus and RA?. It's certainly not impossible having both conditions!. X

[Ccupcakes in reply to misty14]

And the two drugs are administered together because Humira enhances methotrexate, so looks like he's wrong on both counts!

[misty14 in reply to Ccupcakes]

Thanks cupcakes for explaining about the drugs. Hope your well. X

[Ccupcakes in reply to misty14]

Hi misty, ok ish how snoit yourself?

[misty14 in reply to Ccupcakes]

Hi cupcakes

Flaring!. Hope your better soon. X

[Ccupcakes in reply to misty14]

Oops sorry , gloppyfingers, should read how ABOUT yourself!!!!!

Sorry to hear that lovely, hope it settles soon, soft hugsxx

[Sabrina_25]

Thank u guys so much

[Paul_Howard Partner LUPUS UK]

Hi Sabrina_25 ,

About one-third of people who have SLE will have an additional systemic autoimmune disease. Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the possible overlap conditions. If someone who has SLE also develops rheumatoid arthritis, some physicians call this overlap syndrome "rhupus". Was it your GP who thought these couldn't overlap or your consultant?

[Sabrina_25 in reply to Paul_Howard]

It was my consultant

[Paul_Howard Partner LUPUS UK in reply to Sabrina_25]

If you are concerned about the care you receive from your current consultant, you could ask your GP to refer you for a second opinion. It may be best to ask for a referral to someone with a specialist interest in lupus. If you let me know what area you are in I can provide you with information about any lupus specialists we know nearby.

[Sabrina_25 in reply to Paul_Howard]

I'm recently moved to Qatar for a job. That would be amazing thank u so much

[Paul_Howard Partner LUPUS UK in reply to Sabrina_25]

Hi Sabrina_25 ,

I'm afraid as a UK charity we only know lupus specialists in this country, so I cannot provide any information about anyone in Qatar.

[Sabrina_25 in reply to Paul_Howard]

That's ok thank you.