Experiences with

Arthritis pain

How can I tell if it's the arthritis, fibro or the pain caused by ME/CFS? I would appreciate any advice. I've made an appointment to see my gp to discuss.

I have suffered with chronic pain for about 20 years. It's getting intolerable. Morphine is no longer working. Any ideas?

My Dr has me taking plaquenil 6 days a week and only use prednisone when I have much pain. I also gave inflammatory arthritis. There us a distinct difference between pmr pain and the inflammatory arthritis pain . She would have me take methotrexate before daily pred.

I've been on Duloxetine for several years and would be interested to see if my arthritis pain would change if I stop taking it. Does anyone know what the long term side effects are? I understand that I would have to come off it gradually.

She said the pain is probably arthritis not PMR thus my question. Karen

HI, my kidneys have been known to be very sensitive to chemicals. We don’t know why but there has been fluctuation with my kidney egfr with some chemicals in supplements or meds. All is back to normal and steady I have arthritis in my hip lately it has been painful I will not take any pills or pain

I thought of taking an extra 5mg in case it was a flare, but I wonder if that would shut down arthritis pain too, so I still wouldn't know which it is. I am now in my fourth year of PMR, so time has gone by and perhaps I am not going to emerge from it quite the same person as I was before!

But, is there any alternative for arthritis pain that anyone is taking? Thanks for the great work this group does. Paul

Hi everyone, I have been diagnosed with hip arthritis. Originally the pain was in the groin area and also thigh. It now seems to have progressed to the pain going further down to the knee and even below to the calf and shin. The knee and outer thigh gives the most pain.

Pain relief tips for chronic arthritis pain, anything is appreciated

Hi was so glad to see another person had written about her joints being worse after having Covid. I thought i had imagined it. I had in bad enough to be in hospital although not in ICU. Since coming home in January i can barely walk as hip and back pain so very bad. Before covid i use to walk to town

Any suggestions for pain relief until.i start biologics my feet are swollen.and hurt to walk.tried tramadol cocodaol naproxen nothing really works and I'm fed up with it all suggestions welcome thank you

I have severe back pain with arthritis what do you think of the best tablets you can take for. it I take pregabalin also pain relief tablets which I've tried lots which don't agree with me can you suggest any tablets that might

Hi, I am having a total knee replacement in a few weeks after an 18 month wait due to Covid. I’ve had 2 steroid injections in it, the most recent one being 5 weeks ago. This made my knee feel much better although bone-on-bone on one side so walking bow-legged, I could get around that much better. However

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My symptoms seem to match psoriatic arthritis - the way my spine pain presents, low grade fever during flare-ups and other stuff that indicates an autoimmune condition (and I have psoriasis) - but my x-ray results show osteoarthritis according to my GP.

I had been on 30 X 2 for a number of years for arthritis pain. My rheumatology consultant then without discussing it wrote to my GP and said I was to be tapered off them completely.

Suffering from severe lower back pain which has been diagnosed as arthritis. Was on Gabapentin but had to stop with side effects. Any tips to try and get sleep?

I have arthritis in my right index and middle finger. The pain in the index finer is excruciating at times. Anyone else suffering from this? Any suggestions? I live in the UK, no joy from GP. I personally think it stems from repetitive strain, as I was a primary school teacher.

My feet seem to be getting worse from the arthritis pain I have in them. I actually push myself through a days work shift to just get through an eight hour day. I’m finding the longer I’m on my feet the more it hurts.