Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 Tina, Your question was which drug to you try first? Any good ideas? I think it all depends on the body. With some people Plaquinil works and some it won't. Rely on you RA Doc for advice here. I found the progression of drugs used have been selected because of price. For instance, I could not take ARAVA until I failed Methotrexate. ARAVA is about $10. a day. Also, pill form of Methotrexate is cheaper than shot form. My new RA Doc switched me to shots immediately when he met me. He said I was on pill form only because it was cheaper. He feels the shots are better and more effective. Does anyone know the point test for Fibro? Is there a site that explains it. My Rhuemy pushed on my muscles around my joints last visit and I am tender everywhere he touched. I wonder if he was looking for something else? He keeps pretty quiet on my visits. He blamed the tenderness on my prednisone. Said I have to get off of it this year..... Slowly but surely. Talk to you all soon. Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 Pat, This site has the diagnostic criteria from the American College of Rheumatology and a chart to show the tender points. http://caughtntheweb.com/badfibes/chart.html a > > Does anyone know the point test for Fibro? Is there a site that explains > it. My Rhuemy pushed on my > muscles around my joints last visit and I am tender everywhere he touched. > I wonder if he was > looking for something else? He keeps pretty quiet on my visits. He blamed > the tenderness on my > prednisone. Said I have to get off of it this year..... Slowly but surely. > > Talk to you all soon. > Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2001 Report Share Posted January 16, 2001 THE POINT SYSTEM YOU REFER TO IS , THERE ARE 18 POSSIBLE PLACES THAT WILL BE TENDER ON YOUR BODY, AND IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY OF THESE PLACES ARE TENDER. I HAVE 16 OF THE 18 TENDER POINTS. TO BE CLASSIFIED AS FIBRO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2001 Report Share Posted January 17, 2001 Pat, Thanks for the advice, I'm curious to see what he's going to recommend, so I'm trying to find out as much as I can before the appt. so hopefully I'll have a better understanding. The steroids are great pain relief, but I too don't want to be on them long term. I'll keep you posted. Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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