Bad sweats at night

[Castroll]

I have read all your comments they are very helpful

I had terrible night sweats during my last flare which I guess is my first as I just been diagnosed with undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis in Jan this year

I was ill for two months and have just come out it, I was also off work for two weeks, which I felt terribly guilty about.

It affected my left knee and right shoulder, had steroid injections in both which helped

Night sweats I think is our body trying to fight the infection, as now I am feeling better they have stopped

Rheumy nurse said sweats were most probably early menopause, and said some things u just have to live with, I am 43. I am on 90mg of arcoxia etoricoxib tablets once a day, my bloods are clear even during flare, so rheumy nurse has decided not to put me on salazopyrin, as my markers are not showing. Anyone on this medication, has it helped?? As my dad has had a knee replacement nurse now thinks I have more OA symptoms and I feel now they are dismissing my symptoms. I do feel not enough had been done. I have now directed to physio and given an open appointment, so I don't even have a following up appointment for the future. Anyone else experiencing something similar, all your comments are so helpful, sorry for the rant.

[FRreedman]

I received the same treatment from my rheumatologist a couple of years ago. They gave me an open appointment, told me to go see physiotherapist. Physio wasn't even aware that he was my only point of contact now. I asked my GP to help and he sent me to RNOH, Stanmore, for a second opinion. As well as everything else, they also found a sarcoma cancer in my shin. So thank you to my rheumatologist for inadvertently saving my life.

[Castroll in reply to FRreedman]

FRreedman

Thank you for your reply

That was lucky

[mercevo2]

Hi. I have sufferered with bad arthritis for 30 years, I was taking Vioxx and when that was withdrawn I was given Arcoxia, which , for me , worked quite well with no side effects, but I was stopped a few years back in taking any drugs of an anti - inflam. type as my doc found that my kidneys were doing badly at just 29%, so now have no such drugs, but 6 months ago I started to take Cannabis oil (with THC), and that has definately helped. I tried months of physio, all to no avail.

[Castroll in reply to mercevo2]

Hi mercevo2

Thanks for your repky

[Castroll in reply to mercevo2]

Hi again mercevo2

I have heard cannabis oil is good in the papers. Is this percribed by doctors in tablet form. Or over the counter at a herbal medicine outlet.

Thank you

[mercevo2 in reply to Castroll]

Cannabis oil, well the proper stuff (with THC) is not available in the UK, its an oil, that you take orally. In the UK only Hemp oil is sold, which has no THC, , if you want the proper oil, I can give you an ebay listing in the USA, I know the seller well, and she

makes some great oil, its about $50 for 30ml, enough for around a month, you would normally take about 4 to 5 drop, morning noon and evening, and if you need help sleeping then you would take around 12 drops about half an hour before you get into bed. Doctors cannot prescribe it, the THC part of the oil makes it in theoretically illegal,

although a few few patients with epilepsy (like 3) have got access to it, through specialist doctors, and this will not change.

[Castroll in reply to mercevo2]

Hi thanks again

Yes you are correct, this is illegal in the UK, and it's something the doctor's here don't prescribe for RA

Thank you for the insite