RE: and stress

[Guest guest]

I found this group about a month ago.

I am 57, have had p since my late 20's. Developed symptoms of PA in the

spring of 2002, but it was Sept of 2002 when I could finally get in to see a

rheumy. It took a few months to get the symptoms under control. The first

drug to work was Bextra. It worked for about 2 years, till just before they

took it off the market. I started on Mobic last May. It helped the

symptoms, but not as good as the Bextra did at first. Added Enbrel, one

injection weekly last Sept. Had a bad flare up in December and January. At

my last appointment two weeks ago, the rheumy increased the Enbrel to two

injections weekly. It seems to be helping. The rheumy wanted to know what

was going on different in my life - stress or worry. Said I needed to try

to see what was going on with my brain when I had a flare up - he said the

brain seemed to be tied to PA flare ups.

, You said your GP recommended two tablets 7.5 mg ea daily. If you

don't see some relief within two weeks, you are probably not taking enough

with only one tablet.

My first dose of Bextra was for 10 mg. It did nothing. The rheumy tried

another drug, it did not work, then he did bextra for 20 mg. It worked

within 2 weeks - almost all symptoms were gone for 2 years.

At my last appointment when he doubled the Enbrel, he explained it this way:

If you have a headache and the bottle recommends 1 tablet, but you only take

a 1/2 tablet. Your headache probably won't go away.