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Objective advice , Leflunomide

Sadly methotrexate isn't the drug for me, my 3rd bash with it at a reduced dose induced the migraines to return. I've been told to stop taking it, the...

Sadly methotrexate isn't the drug for me, my 3rd bash with it at a reduced dose ...

Marionfromhappydays

•4 years ago

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Update on " at my wits end"

Morning all,I must apologise for abruptly leaving you all on Sunday but,things took a turn for the worse. Whilst waiting for 111 to call me back my heart rate...

Morning all,I must apologise for abruptly leaving you all on Sunday but,things t...

Hidden

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Imraldi VS Mast Cell Activation Disorder

Hello, anyone taking Imraldi experiencing issues with MAST cell activation disorder? I’m have elevated heart rates that have caused me to pass out, like when...

Hello, anyone taking Imraldi experiencing issues with MAST cell activation disor...

DesertRose69

•4 years ago

3 Replies

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Feeling awful, overwhelmed, shaky and confused etc.

I have a list of health related phone calls to make and a telephone appointment with the consultant rheumatologist tomorrow morning. Plus a hospital...

I have a list of health related phone calls to make and a telephone appointment ...

Rachmaninov2

•4 years ago

36 Replies

Has anyone experienced this?

Good evening everyone, I have been having some health issues like really bad cramping, by left ovary, I had a partial hysterectomy years ago, so I no longer...

Good evening everyone, I have been having some health issues like really bad cra...

Alaskagirl67

•4 years ago

2 Replies

Does anyone have Tinnitus and what do you take for it?

Does anyone have tinnitus and what do you take for it?

Patyganz

•4 years ago

20 Replies

Elbow Pain - Remedies

Hi all, On Hydrochloroquine 200mg since the summer, doing alright with it but recently (must be a flare) elbow is doing a lot more clicking and sharp pain than...

Hi all, On Hydrochloroquine 200mg since the summer, doing alright with it but re...

gr95

•4 years ago

2 Replies

When feeling ok makes you realise just how rubbish you have been feeling...

Do others find this? When your body is struggling with inflammatory RA and you are doing your best to get on with it and be ok, you almost convince yourself it...

Do others find this? When your body is struggling with inflammatory RA and you a...

Brushwork

•4 years ago

26 Replies

Waiting to get blood tests

Hi I am new here, this is my first post. Just wanting some advice on the symptoms I have and whether they are related to RA. Been suffering sometime now with...

Hi I am new here, this is my first post. Just wanting some advice on the symptom...

shally12

•4 years ago

6 Replies

Sulfasalazine side affects, what DMARD next?

Morning I started sulfasalazine not so long ago and the rheumy stopped it as I was having palps on it at night that kept me awake :(. What DMARD have people...

Morning I started sulfasalazine not so long ago and the rheumy stopped it as I w...

mistygrey

•4 years ago

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At my wits end,can anyone relate

Morning all. I am still waiting for a first consultation after being reffered in August all I keep getting from doctors is that "you're on the waiting list...

Morning all. I am still waiting for a first consultation after being reffered in...

Hidden

•4 years ago

41 Replies

Gabapentin

Gabapentin is said to be the most dangerous drug in America". I need it to treat damaged spinal nerves at L3. My ortho-surgeon advisies to cut the dose from...

Gabapentin is said to be the most dangerous drug in America". I need it to treat...

Whitegate

•4 years ago

22 Replies

Wet weather & ra flare

Hi, I’ve been well controlled on hydroxychloroquine since September but this weekend I think I’m having a flare. Shoulders, hands, ankles all hurt & are stiff....

Hi, I’ve been well controlled on hydroxychloroquine since September but this wee...

Sunnyseas

•4 years ago

8 Replies

Rituximab

I have been advised that Methotrexate makes Rituximab work better ....does anybody take Methotrexate with Rituximab please?

I have been advised that Methotrexate makes Rituximab work better ....does anybo...

-Mii

•4 years ago

15 Replies

HRT and RA

Just wondered if anyone has been given or taken off HRT after diagnosis of RA. I definitely think the onset of my illness started with menopause and there seem...

Just wondered if anyone has been given or taken off HRT after diagnosis of RA. I...

LinaM

•4 years ago

24 Replies

Christmas Tree

Who has their Christmas 🌲 up yet I haven’t I normally do it first dec but maybe will put it up a week early when the grandchildren are due round , Never ever...

Who has their Christmas 🌲 up yet I haven’t I normally do it first dec but mayb...

essexgirl

•4 years ago

63 Replies

Steroid injection

Can anyone enlighten me on how long it takes a steroid injection to start working

Can anyone enlighten me on how long it takes a steroid injection to start workin...

essexgirl

•4 years ago

63 Replies

Can you still take biologics if you tested positive for covid?

I am awaiting my covid results but wanted to know if I can take my Idacio tomorrow? If I cant thats a problem as I am in agony at the moment....😫

I am awaiting my covid results but wanted to know if I can take my Idacio tomorr...

Ms-D

•4 years ago

46 Replies

Methofill pen (part 2)

Just to say I injected with the methofill beast of a pen last night and it was so easy , it's like one of those stamps you got in a library when you check a...

Just to say I injected with the methofill beast of a pen last night and it was s...

Marionfromhappydays

•4 years ago

33 Replies

Shielding letter

Just received my shielding letter so no work for the next 2 weeks. Hardly worth it already 2 weeks through the lockdown. Organisation still poor.

Just received my shielding letter so no work for the next 2 weeks. Hardly worth ...

Hidden

•4 years ago

34 Replies

Venting post with a plea for advice buried in it somewhere

Along with many ~vulnerable~ people, I'm sure, the background noise in my brain is no longer a terrible radio earworm, but the high pitch tone of a flatlining...

Along with many ~vulnerable~ people, I'm sure, the background noise in my brain ...

12Chrissy34

•4 years ago

9 Replies

Flare clinic - update, still not wearing flares though 😊

Thanks for all the positive support yesterday. It seems that Aberdeen RI, Rheumy dept have decided to re-organise how they see people. In addition to video and...

Thanks for all the positive support yesterday. It seems that Aberdeen RI, Rheumy...

Brushwork

•4 years ago

10 Replies

Ritixamab

Started Ritixamub last year and told infusion could last up to 12 months, it is almost 12 months since my infusion, has anyone else found that it has lasted...

Started Ritixamub last year and told infusion could last up to 12 months, it is ...

Callabag64

•4 years ago

16 Replies

imraldi side effects is this one?

hi i've done 4 imraldi injection now every doing one ever 2 weeks. No good effects yet but know its still early days as only 8 weeks in in a flare at the...

hi i've done 4 imraldi injection now every doing one ever 2 weeks. No good effe...

Alicepirate

•4 years ago

21 Replies

Omeprazole and Hydroxychloroquine added to the mix.

Have just spoken to the GP re increasing prednisolone, he told me I should have been taking Omeprazole to protect my stomach from prednisolone (I didn’t...

Have just spoken to the GP re increasing prednisolone, he told me I should have ...

Rachmaninov2

•4 years ago

39 Replies

Off topic . Xmas delivery

Hi , So I was on Tesco delivery site from 7am until 8.30 am. It was like getting a Glastonbury ticket! So if you are looking for deliveries in Christmas week...

Hi , So I was on Tesco delivery site from 7am until 8.30 am. It was like getting...

allanah

•4 years ago

53 Replies

Ranitidine

What are people taking instead of ranitidine?

nanawilson

•4 years ago

36 Replies

Increasing prednisolone again?

I think that I need to increase my prednisolone as original symptoms returning, am waiting for a call from a Rheumy nurse. I have some 1 mg tablets, any...

I think that I need to increase my prednisolone as original symptoms returning, ...

Rachmaninov2

•4 years ago

44 Replies

RA

Hello everyoneHope you are all doing ok? Well yesterday I got my phone call appointment for rheumatology, from my consultant. I was not expecting what she said...

Hello everyoneHope you are all doing ok? Well yesterday I got my phone call appo...

auldreekie2

•4 years ago

14 Replies

Ritixumab infusion and covid

I’ve been getting ritixumab infusions for the past 6 or 7 years and they have proved to be a godsend, giving me roughly a year without pain or symptoms...

I’ve been getting ritixumab infusions for the past 6 or 7 years and they have pr...

Bobbarge

•4 years ago

37 Replies

Posts - NRAS | HealthUnlocked

NRAS

All posts for November 2020

Objective advice , Leflunomide

Update on " at my wits end"

Imraldi VS Mast Cell Activation Disorder

Feeling awful, overwhelmed, shaky and confused etc.

Has anyone experienced this?

Does anyone have Tinnitus and what do you take for it?

Elbow Pain - Remedies

When feeling ok makes you realise just how rubbish you have been feeling...

Waiting to get blood tests

Sulfasalazine side affects, what DMARD next?

At my wits end,can anyone relate

Gabapentin

Wet weather & ra flare

Rituximab

HRT and RA

Christmas Tree

Steroid injection

Can you still take biologics if you tested positive for covid?

Methofill pen (part 2)

Shielding letter

Venting post with a plea for advice buried in it somewhere

Flare clinic - update, still not wearing flares though 😊

Ritixamab

imraldi side effects is this one?

Omeprazole and Hydroxychloroquine added to the mix.

Off topic . Xmas delivery

Ranitidine

Increasing prednisolone again?

RA

Ritixumab infusion and covid

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