Well next week I start reducing cocodomol and transferring to paracetamol to see how the pain is with or without.
If I do get off co cod then I am mainly on MTX and vitamins and minerals.
GP aware he knows I want see how the MTX is doing stand alone so we can work out what I need, if I do.
Imagine will need a painkiller but would be nice if a mild one🤪
Go Dee!!!! You can do it 😜🤗
Wishing you the very best!
Good luck Deeb, hope you get to where you want to be. And, as you say, it will help you see where you are with MTX.
I was on paracetamol and codeine for the first year of my RA journey. Once the methotrexate started working, I reduced the dose each week by one tablet a day. It was painful for a few days each time but within four or five days the pain had subsided. Codeine was causing me serious digestive issues, so I had a tremendous incentive.
Good luck with this, I hope that methotrexate is doing its work for you and once you are no longer taking co-codamol you find that you no longer need regular painkillers of any sort.
achyknitter thank you this is encouraging as you have done it too. I don't like taking them and I am a great believer on being on bare minimum drugs so hoping this works. This time last year I was on pre RA diagnosis pregabline, naproxen, plus candestran, nefopam and vits . Now just on candestran, omzepralane, vits and minerals and MTX and 2 max co codomol a day so a huge change
Benapali advise
reducing my mtx
Pred or MTX?
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