Guest guest Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I saw my Rheumy for the 1st time a week ago. He put me on 10mg of Methotrexate, 1mg of Folic Acid, and Ibuprofen. Of course I'm not expecting this to start working yet, but the past week has been progressively worse FAST! I can barely get out of bed in the morning, and then I can't turn on the faucet to take a shower because my hands hurt so bad! I also got these bumps on my elbows within the past 4 days, they look exactly like the rheumatoid nodules I've seen. There are about 8 of them. Do they come and go? or are these here to stay? I e-mailed my Dr. today about the new developments and maybe to start Prednisone (he said to let him know when I was going to say " Uncle " ). I think I am now. The side-effects of the steroids make me very nervous. What have some of the side-effects been for any of you? and how severe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Before saying uncle, your rheumatologist has many other options without having to take prednisone if you don't want to. There are other nsaids besides ibuprofen and there are pain meds. Prednisone is helpful for nasty flares, and doctors prescribe them while waiting for meds to start working, but long term they can cause more problems and may not be worth the side effects. MTX can take up to 3 months to start working. Yes the nodules come and go. I've had several that come and go. Have you tried paraffin wax baths for your hands? I hope you feel better and your meds start to work. Here's some info on prednisone: http://arthritissupport.info/drugs.html#prednisone a On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:32 AM, yasdnilnoyl wrote: > I saw my Rheumy for the 1st time a week ago. He put me on 10mg of > Methotrexate, 1mg of Folic Acid, and Ibuprofen. Of course I'm not > expecting this to start working yet, but the past week has been > progressively worse FAST! I can barely get out of bed in the morning, > and then I can't turn on the faucet to take a shower because my hands > hurt so bad! I also got these bumps on my elbows within the past 4 > days, they look exactly like the rheumatoid nodules I've seen. There > are about 8 of them. Do they come and go? or are these here to stay? > > I e-mailed my Dr. today about the new developments and maybe to start > Prednisone (he said to let him know when I was going to say > " Uncle " ). I > think I am now. The side-effects of the steroids make me very nervous. > What have some of the side-effects been for any of you? and how > severe? > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Before saying uncle, your rheumatologist has many other options without having to take prednisone if you don't want to. There are other nsaids besides ibuprofen and there are pain meds. Prednisone is helpful for nasty flares, and doctors prescribe them while waiting for meds to start working, but long term they can cause more problems and may not be worth the side effects. MTX can take up to 3 months to start working. Yes the nodules come and go. I've had several that come and go. Have you tried paraffin wax baths for your hands? I hope you feel better and your meds start to work. Here's some info on prednisone: http://arthritissupport.info/drugs.html#prednisone a On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:32 AM, yasdnilnoyl wrote: > I saw my Rheumy for the 1st time a week ago. He put me on 10mg of > Methotrexate, 1mg of Folic Acid, and Ibuprofen. Of course I'm not > expecting this to start working yet, but the past week has been > progressively worse FAST! I can barely get out of bed in the morning, > and then I can't turn on the faucet to take a shower because my hands > hurt so bad! I also got these bumps on my elbows within the past 4 > days, they look exactly like the rheumatoid nodules I've seen. There > are about 8 of them. Do they come and go? or are these here to stay? > > I e-mailed my Dr. today about the new developments and maybe to start > Prednisone (he said to let him know when I was going to say > " Uncle " ). I > think I am now. The side-effects of the steroids make me very nervous. > What have some of the side-effects been for any of you? and how > severe? > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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