Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 11 Months on Minocin 200 mg MWFSu, plaqunil 300 mg daily, Nizoral 200 mg daily, 4 tsp Carlson Fish Oil daily, 2300 mg turmeric, milk thistle, NAC, calcium, B12, folic acid, 4 mg prednison (weaning) Doing pretty well - wish I were better. Advice about knees - swelling everywhere else in pretty good but knees not so much - worse as day progresses - getting in/out of tub impossible. Thanks for advice Janie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 JANIE... Sounds like you are doing pretty good. If in a few months your knees do not seem to be getting better you may have to try a short course of anti-inflammatorily med. The last time I had a problem I took four or five days of low dose prednisone and it got my knees back in shape. Now we all know prednisone is bad.....but sometimes it gets the inflammation down to where the minocin can better reach its target. Since I had not had any prednisone in over four years I figured four days of 5 mg prednisone was not going to kill me. My doc has always felt that a small dose given over just a few days sometimes helps. It worked and the last two years I rarely get even a twinge in my knees. Although most of us on this board try to get by with the least meds possible, sometimes a small bit of help can get us over the edge and on our way to recovery. Never feel bad if you need to use these meds to keep yourself up and running. Just a possibility. Martha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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