Head(neck) shoulders knees and toes

[Oxopinkyblue]

Hi everyone I seem to be on here more and more these days ! I'm in so much pain with my shoulder and knees mostly been at work and as soon as I get home bang the pain I've been on hydroxy now for 2 weeks and still on sulfasalzine pain seems to be worse than ever ? I go on a holiday in 5 weeks and I'm not going to lie I'm shitting it and my anxiety is at a all time high if anyone on hydroxy when did you notice any difference x

[mccaffs2014]

I find that a hot shower, 10 mg ibuprofen gel and a hot water bottle helps shoulder and knee pain. Before I go on holiday I get a prescription for prednisalone in case I get worse and my holiday is ruined

[Oxopinkyblue in reply to mccaffs2014]

Good call I'm going to make drs appointment , had a bath with Epsom salts and currently have a hot water bottle on my knees x

[helixhelix]

Hydroxy was a slow one for me, so probably a couple of months before I really noticed the difference. sorry!

[Oxopinkyblue in reply to helixhelix]

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[farm123]

For me it was cold for knees and warm for shoulders. I would ask for a short course of oral steroids to cover for holiday. I cannot remember how long hydroxy took to work but think it is nearer a couple of months rather than weeks.

[Nanna71]

Bless you for being able to work at all with this disease. By your tone, sounds like stress is your big trigger here. Stress is what caused the onset of my RA. I find that my drug regime is working not too badly but one day of anxiety can dull the effects of my meds. That's just me. Good air in, bad air out.😊