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Leflunomide

Hi folks, I was diagnosed with RA in September 2017. Methotrexate and Sulfasalazine did not work for me with unpleasant side effects. I have been doing...

Hi folks, I was diagnosed with RA in September 2017. Methotrexate and Sulfasala...

ladyelizajane

•5 years ago

8 Replies

Pregnant, RA and headaches

Afternoon all. I am 16 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with RA approx. 4 weeks ago. I have been given Hydroxychloroquine and Sulfasalazine (4 Tablets a day)...

Afternoon all. I am 16 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with RA approx. 4 weeks ...

Newtorunnin

•5 years ago

9 Replies

Advice on RoActemra/tocilizumab infusion

Hi everyone! I'm due to have my first tocilizumab infusion on Tuesday next week and I've got a few boring logistics questions that the hospital didn't really...

Hi everyone! I'm due to have my first tocilizumab infusion on Tuesday next week ...

12Chrissy34

•5 years ago

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Steroids ..help

Morning firstly love this site so helpful for someone newly diagnosed. Has anyone suffered as i am on steroids tapering. Im unable to take other meds due to my...

Morning firstly love this site so helpful for someone newly diagnosed. Has anyon...

Ninnin67

•5 years ago

16 Replies

ANXIETY AND RA

Has anyone any advice about controlling anxiety? I have had a lot of family problems this year (the serious illness of my husband and my father dying) and it...

Has anyone any advice about controlling anxiety? I have had a lot of family pro...

achyknitter

•5 years ago

18 Replies

Tramadol question

Hi i'm taking tramadol twice a day 50mg . my question is i'm having terrible sleep dreaming shouting out .my brain feels like it's pulsating day and on a...

Hi i'm taking tramadol twice a day 50mg . my question is i'm having terrible sle...

nana19

•5 years ago

14 Replies

Ct

So after 2 week ago had my chest X-ray at chapel Allerton got a call from gp had to go for a ct scan today to st James as they found a shadow on my chest X-ray...

So after 2 week ago had my chest X-ray at chapel Allerton got a call from gp had...

Deejojo

•5 years ago

6 Replies

What a day, another trip to A&E.

Hey everyone hope you’re all ok or as well as can be. Thought I would share my day from hell. I called my GP as I have picked up a virus which was making a...

Hey everyone hope you’re all ok or as well as can be. Thought I would share my d...

Leics

•5 years ago

34 Replies

Off topic - Sheep

In a meeting and one rogue sheep had just been caught and put back in field after taking a trot down our country road. We all laughed when Police came in to...

In a meeting and one rogue sheep had just been caught and put back in field afte...

Hidden

•5 years ago

3 Replies

Lovely jubbly

Just doing a shout out to YOU ALL, yes all OF YOU Fantastic crowd on here and just love coming home to read posts and comments especially after a tough day. I...

Just doing a shout out to YOU ALL, yes all OF YOU Fantastic crowd on here and ju...

Hidden

•5 years ago

5 Replies

New here. No diagnosis.

Hi all. Thanks for having me - I feel totally alone and have nobody to talk to. My very first symptom was a sore/stiff shoulder with no cause. (Though I...

Hi all. Thanks for having me - I feel totally alone and have nobody to talk to. ...

robinjeanine

•5 years ago

22 Replies

Arghhhh

So had surgery to mend together my broken wrists, four weeks ago and to be honest, like most of us, I’ve been through numerous surgeries so was feeling just a...

So had surgery to mend together my broken wrists, four weeks ago and to be hones...

Eiram50

•5 years ago

21 Replies

2nd consult session

It was 4 hours of hospital today but feel like I now have a rheumy nurse I can talk too we had 1.5hrs together WOW. Helen gave a great opening chat about...

It was 4 hours of hospital today but feel like I now have a rheumy nurse I can t...

Hidden

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Sjorgrens

Has anyone had any experience with drugs that increase tear production. Have recently seen that there are drugs called Pilocarpine and Cevimeline, and am...

Has anyone had any experience with drugs that increase tear production. Have rec...

Callabag64

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Next day

How much do I hate Monday’s the day after mtx and realise that u seem to be going through it all for nothing . Will it ever get any better .

How much do I hate Monday’s the day after mtx and realise that u seem to be goin...

Buckybri

•5 years ago

19 Replies

Colds - Sudafed Nasal Spray

Hi When i get a cold i get very bunged. Has anyone taken nasal sprays whilst taking methotrexate? If so, any issues? Many thanks

Hi When i get a cold i get very bunged. Has anyone taken nasal sprays whilst ...

TheBoys

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Treatment or no treatment?

The more I read about RA treatment the more I feel hopeless 😩 sorry for being like that. I have learned about mine more than three years ago but couldn’t...

The more I read about RA treatment the more I feel hopeless 😩 sorry for being l...

Evaibrahim60

•5 years ago

27 Replies

Plantar fasciitis

At my last appointment with the rheumy nurse she told me I now have plantar fasciitis, she didn’t offer me much information on this condition. It’s causing me...

At my last appointment with the rheumy nurse she told me I now have plantar fasc...

A234

•5 years ago

28 Replies

Adalimumab injection for RA

Hi all, I've got rheumatoid arthritis, I've had it for years. After a major OP last year (which I talked on here and had lovely support) the trauma to my body...

Hi all, I've got rheumatoid arthritis, I've had it for years. After a major OP l...

Caz-1

•5 years ago

9 Replies

RA and amgevita/humira Injection 😑

Hi all, I've got rheumatoid arthritis, I've had it for years. After a major OP last year (which I talked on here and had lovely support) the trauma to my body...

Hi all, I've got rheumatoid arthritis, I've had it for years. After a major OP ...

Caz-1

•5 years ago

1 Reply

How to get my rheumatolgist to listen to me.

I started going to see a rheumatologist eight years ago and she was lovely and really tried to help me by trying various medications etc. She said that she...

I started going to see a rheumatologist eight years ago and she was lovely and r...

Hidden

•5 years ago

48 Replies

Duloxetine side effects

I just started taking duloxetine 60my daily only two days ago. The side effects have been awful, nausea,vomiting, unable to ear, headache, dizzy and now a...

I just started taking duloxetine 60my daily only two days ago. The side effects...

Melibags

•5 years ago

11 Replies

nerve pain in my toe

I am wondering if I have a return of Morton's Neuroma. My toe next to my little toe is so painful to walk on, I have seen a Podiatrist,she prescribed insoles,...

I am wondering if I have a return of Morton's Neuroma. My toe next to my little ...

QAGS

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Wobble wobble oops (off topic)

I thought I was doing really well today at work but then it felt like every person who wanted to do something within nature turned up at our place today....

I thought I was doing really well today at work but then it felt like every pers...

Hidden

•5 years ago

2 Replies

Newly diagnosed

Hi was diagnosed 5 weeks ago, I’m on 90mg of Methotrexate for 6 weeks. The last days i gave felt like I have the flu, achy joints and fatigue is this normal...

Hi was diagnosed 5 weeks ago, I’m on 90mg of Methotrexate for 6 weeks. The last ...

GrandmaAngie

•5 years ago

13 Replies

LEG PAIN

I have had RA for about 10 years. I also broke my femur in my right leg and it is now pinned. My leg is often so painful I find it difficult to walk even...

I have had RA for about 10 years. I also broke my femur in my right leg and it ...

Hidden

•5 years ago

6 Replies

Experiences with Biotin for Methotrexate hair loss

Has anyone tried taking Biotin to help reduce hair loss caused by Methotrexate? I began taking Methotrexate last November, after having to stop taking...

Has anyone tried taking Biotin to help reduce hair loss caused by Methotrexate? ...

Fall18

•5 years ago

39 Replies

Psoriatic arthritis /osteoarthritis .. wondering if anyone can help me, I've been on methotrexate 15mg for 11 weeks

I'm feeling no benefits from taking them at the moment, feeling sick for 2 /3 days of and on after taking them but no signs of improvment in my joints (feet...

I'm feeling no benefits from taking them at the moment, feeling sick for 2 /3 da...

Kaz13A

•5 years ago

11 Replies

Hideous

Going through a flare in my left shoulder, down my arm and hand. Worse thing apart from pain is the inability to lift my arm up above shoulder, soooooo...

Going through a flare in my left shoulder, down my arm and hand. Worse thing ap...

Happy5

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Never ending story

Hi all. Hope Everyone is as well as can be, especially now the dark nights and miserable weather is kicking in. Some of you may remember my spectacular fall...

Hi all. Hope Everyone is as well as can be, especially now the dark nights and ...

Eiram50

•5 years ago

12 Replies

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All posts for October 2019

Leflunomide

Pregnant, RA and headaches

Advice on RoActemra/tocilizumab infusion

Steroids ..help

ANXIETY AND RA

Tramadol question

Ct

What a day, another trip to A&E.

Off topic - Sheep

Lovely jubbly

New here. No diagnosis.

Arghhhh

2nd consult session

Sjorgrens

Next day

Colds - Sudafed Nasal Spray

Treatment or no treatment?

Plantar fasciitis

Adalimumab injection for RA

RA and amgevita/humira Injection 😑

How to get my rheumatolgist to listen to me.

Duloxetine side effects

nerve pain in my toe

Wobble wobble oops (off topic)

Newly diagnosed

LEG PAIN

Experiences with Biotin for Methotrexate hair loss

Psoriatic arthritis /osteoarthritis .. wondering if anyone can help me, I've been on methotrexate 15mg for 11 weeks

Hideous

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