Sulfasalazine

[Nsmith13]

Started this new med last night not expecting miracles still on hydx and 6 mg steroid still tapering joints now getting painful, I will just have to carry on an see how it goes mtx an bio didn't work but think these are easier for me than injections twice a week think it's quite an old treatment bit like me

[Doughnut61]

Hi x I could not take MTX was too hard on my liver!! But once I persevered with Sulpha and Hydrox I was nearly back to normal 😀👍 only down side when I get a cold it always goes to my chest and I feel really unwell x But I believe that’s because of a poor ammune system xx Goid luck 😘

[Hidden]

Hope it works for you Nsmith; frustrating thing is when they all take up to 3 months I find. You have the lovely Bertie to comfort you. Old? Never! X 😀

[Smiler53]

Lovely photo. Such a beautiful face. X

[Mmrr]

Sulphasalazine worked well for me, but I developed an allergy to the salicylic acid component. Fingers crossed for you.

[Hidden]

I'm on mtx, hydroxy and sulphasalazine and feel better than i have in years. I had to drop down to 3 Sulphasalazine a day because of the sore heads i was getting. Still not much pain in joints though x

[Hobbits]

I started taking Sulpha around Aug 11th so I only been on it for about 6 1/2 weeks.

Nothing has been happening until this week. I finally notice a very small improvement. I’m actually not 💯that it’s the drug or if I’m just having a good week. I’m hoping it’s the drug finally kicking in, but it’s quite subtle right now.

I also take Remicade which treats my Crohns Disease and my Rheumatoid Disease.

The Remicade works pretty good for the Crohns but it’s not working good for my Rheumatoid. So my Rheumy added the Sulphasalazine. Interestingly enough, Sulpha also treats Crohns.

I take 4 - 500mg a day. I was supposed to be taking

6 - 500mg a day by week 4 but whenever I try, I get debilitating migraine headache and can not function and extreme constant nausea.

At my current 4 pills a day I sometimes get nauseous and dizzy but at this point those side effects are not enough to make me stop taking it.

I’m told this is one of the less harsh DMARDS.

[Hobbits]

BTW I 💕the ginger!

[nablur]

I’ve been on sulfasalazine for 13 months now. Frankly, as fairly recently diagnosed (last year) I don’t know that anything I take works. What do I measure against? Had it progressed? The original joints still hurt and continue to swell.

I also inject mtx.

Pain every day

And fibromyalgia

And a boot for my Achilles.

So...?

[TheBoys]

Hi.. i just wanted to check in and see how you have gotten on with the Sulfsalazine.

I ve just been prescribed it.

Paul