I am suffering from joint pain, with no diagnosis. I am taking paracetamol and ibuprofen.
I have tried to skip the ibuprofen for a little while, this resulted in more pain and my joint was soar when touching them. So I have started taking them again.
Is this a sign of inflammation since it gets worse only on paracetamol?
Ah....you didn't say you had been prescribed them.
Maybe you should either see you GP again or speak to the practice nurse........maybe she could suggest an alternative anti
inflammatory.
If no luck there I'd ask for a referral to a rheumatologist - because if you are unfortunate & do have some sort of rheumatic disease the sooner you get treatment specific to you, the sooner you would hopefully get some pain relief.
In UK your GP should refer you ...has he done any blood tests yet? If not you should ask for them!
If he has and it comes back RF positive definitely request a referral, but unfortunately you will probably have a long wait, unless you have Private medical insurance when the wait will be much shorter.
It's a horrible time pre-diagnosis, but we all get sorted in the end.
Although I'm18 years down the line & I still feel discombobulated ...good word that!
A good idea would be to protect your stomach with colostrum. Colostrum has proven to decrease significantly the damage NASIDS like ibuprofen do to your gut. You just mix a scoop of powder in water first thing in the morning. Like you I am taking ibuprofen and paracytamol and was glad I found this way to protect my gut since daily use, even in small doses also in fact has has an adverse effect on progression of the disease. Good luck😊
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