Severe pain and stiffness
Posted Fri 1 Jun 2018 08.41 by Gazza544
Hello all, waiting on another referral to rheumatologist, left wrist is agony as is the right side of my back just below the shoulder blade, atm am just on cocodamol and anti-inflammatory, have been on sulfasalazine before but it caused massive water retention in my legs, anybody got any suggestions on what seems to work to make it less painful, is Methotrexate any good?, just want to be able to get up in less pain and suffer less fatigue as well as it’s exhausting.
Posted Tue 5 Jun 2018 10.09 by PeterK
Methotrexate didnt work for me and in fact made things much worse - but it does work for others. Im having to self medicate on 3 to 4grams of ibuprofen a day (above the maximum dose) just to function. Still another 5 months until i see my consultant again, which will be 1 year since last time as they cancelled my appointment in March.
Give it a try, hopefully will work for you.
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