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Hello,

What is your current treatment and what do you think about this treatment?

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02/04/2014 at 17:40

I take cortisone injection but its painful. Any advices?

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15/05/2015 at 18:14

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Hey eveyone!

Does anyone has some advice for CarlosHips or more info in general?

Remember that sharing helps others to cope and prevent.

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21/05/2015 at 13:36

Hey I love cortisone, it damn well hurts at the time but within 48hrs I am moving well. I call it my go faster stuff. Sadly not allowed more than a couple of times a year for my RA.

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21/05/2015 at 13:40

I am only on methotrexate and anti inflammatory as recovering from lung op. I got a fungal infection which they thought was cancer but was due to immune suppression treatmen. I am not allowed back on immune suppression as could get it again and I lost part of my right lun. Methotrexate is not enough but U won't know anymore till go back to Hosp in June.

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01/08/2015 at 15:13

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I have weekly methotrexate injections, Rituximab infusions every 9 months and for painkillers take tramadol, gabapentin, dihydrocodiene, amitriptyline and paracetamol. I don't like taking them particularly but I have to, to try and manage the pain.

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01/08/2015 at 15:32

I have painkillers nortriptyline and naproxen which go along side my butran patches which I have to manage my pain as they have tried everything else

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05/08/2015 at 13:50

i take methotrexate tablets once a week (8 in total) , i use tramadol regularly and indomethacin for inflammatory, i had a full wrist fusion a few years ago as my hand was buggered, im happy with what i take and never had a problem and have had ra since oct 2001, but one side effect i dont like and im sure its because of the medication is thinning hair, at the moment its at its worse, and its very demoralizing so i wear extentions, because i lose all self confidence! does anyone else suffer hair thinning or loss? and had any good storys of how to correct this?

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06/08/2015 at 14:44

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Hair loss is unfortunately a side effect of the methotrexate. I have heard that taking zinc can help

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07/08/2015 at 13:14

i thought it was that, its gradually got worse, over years and to top it off i colour my hair so that wont help:( ill look into zinc thank u:)

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16/08/2015 at 16:04

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Hi , I am taking Oxycontin , Co-Codamol , Pregabalin , Promethazine , Mirtazapine , Fluoxetine , Omeprazole , Nifedipine , Lisinopril , Pancreatin and Cyclizine . I should rattle when I walk . Unfortunately I have multiple conditions . I am lucky that I get very few side effects :)

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