Sulphasalazine thank you

[Guest guest]

Thank you all for your response to my question. I'll make the

decision as to which drug to use sulph or MTX (or is it MXT?)and am

going to suck it up and start next week. Have been hiding from this

thing far to long (10 years now) and unfortunately it didn't

disappear. (don't we wish). I'm leaning towards the MTX, although

it will change the frequency of " happy hours " with friends. I'm

concerned about the mouth sores, but the sulph can cause anxiety so

it seems, and that is another problem. Gosh, it's like choosing

wallpaper - too many choices - lol. Thank you for this site = it's

great to know we are not alone and to have such a vast store of

knowledge at hand. I'm from Canada, by the way. Seem to have a lot

from Australia and Great Britain (or are they the most verbal

ones)!! Just kidding. Have a great day.

Billie

[Editor's Note: Congratulations, Billie, on reaching a major milestone - the

decision to take a powerful medication to help you combat a powerful disease.

Please be sure to take folic acid with the MTX as it will help reduce the

likelihood of mouth sores. I had them early on when I first started on MTX but

they didn't last for long and MTX initially helped me feel tons better. You are

correct in your observation - our British, Australian and Kiwi members seem to

have been given the gift of gab but I guess that's what happens when you wear a

bejeweled tiara for so long. Take , for example... LOL. Kathy F.]

[Guest guest]

Hi Billie,

I'm another Canadian, but I mostly lurk. :-)

Re: the mouth sores. Kathy is right about taking folic acid. Also, if the mouth

sores are a problem even with folic acid, your RD can prescribe folinic acid and

usually that'll take care of it. I think most people are fine with just the

folic acid, though.

As far as choosing between sulfphasalazine and MTX, I was on them both at the

same time so I never had to make that choice; but statistically it seems that

MTX has a higher success rate than SSZ. On the other hand, SSZ does tend to have

fewer side effects, but for me personally I know that the MTX side effects are

generally fairly easily-handled, so if I *were* choosing between the two I would

go for MTX just because of its track record. Just my two cents.

(BTW, I'm still on MTX after almost two years, but the SSZ was short-lived for

me; I'm a rare case where its side effects were worse for me than the MTX side

effects were. So just another point: everyone's different, and you never know

what will work for you!)

[ ] Sulphasalazine thank you

> Thank you all for your response to my question. I'll make the

> decision as to which drug to use sulph or MTX (or is it MXT?)and

> am

> going to suck it up and start next week. Have been hiding from

> this

> thing far to long (10 years now) and unfortunately it didn't

> disappear. (don't we wish). I'm leaning towards the MTX,

> although

> it will change the frequency of " happy hours " with friends. I'm

> concerned about the mouth sores, but the sulph can cause anxiety

> so

> it seems, and that is another problem. Gosh, it's like choosing

> wallpaper - too many choices - lol. Thank you for this site =

> it's

> great to know we are not alone and to have such a vast store of

> knowledge at hand. I'm from Canada, by the way. Seem to have a

> lot

> from Australia and Great Britain (or are they the most verbal

> ones)!! Just kidding. Have a great day.

>

> Billie

>

>

> [Editor's Note: Congratulations, Billie, on reaching a major

> milestone - the decision to take a powerful medication to help you

> combat a powerful disease. Please be sure to take folic acid with

> the MTX as it will help reduce the likelihood of mouth sores. I

> had them early on when I first started on MTX but they didn't last

> for long and MTX initially helped me feel tons better. You are

> correct in your observation - our British, Australian and Kiwi

> members seem to have been given the gift of gab but I guess that's

> what happens when you wear a bejeweled tiara for so long. Take

> , for example... LOL. Kathy F.]

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/10/04 4:15:33 PM GMT Daylight Time,

billieblancher@... writes:

I guess that's what happens when you wear a bejeweled tiara for so long.

Take , for example.

Oh No! I thought I had destroyed that photo!