Hydroxycloroquine v methotrexate

[Nwad68]

Hi

After sulphazaine causing me severe anaemia. My rheu nurse suggest next treatment either hydroxychloroquine or methotrexate and has said go away have a think and see which way you want to proceed

I have sero negative inflammatory oligoarthritis of the knee

Anyone had a similar experience ?

Or is there any literature I could read that would be useful

Thank you in advance

[KittyJ]

I don’t have what you have but I did go on to hydroxy after sulpha failed me. It’s one of the milder meds and may work for you. You can only find out by trying it 😊 Here is the link to NRAS publication on meds. I hope it helps you make a decision.

nras.org.uk/publications/me...

[Agoodlife]

Oligoarthritis is usually à mild form of Juvenile arthritis that very often goes away by it self, I personally would try to keep away from hard RA drugs like Mtx which is a cytotoxic med with man side effects. Hydro or plaquinil is the least taxing for the body. Hope you find the tight solution for you.

[Nwad68 in reply to Agoodlife]

Thank you 😊

[Kalimers65]

Did your rheumie say Sulphasalazine had given you anaemia ? That’s interesting as I’m on that med and have had very bad anaemia since being on it.

[Nwad68 in reply to Kalimers65]

My bloods showed abnormalities and my hb kept falling. I had to have a blood transfusion

[Kalimers65 in reply to Nwad68]

Chronic anaemia can be due to RA. I hope you’re feeling much better now.

[CagneysMum]

I’m on a combination of methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine which is working very well for me. I have seropositive RA.