What do you think about your current treatment?

I take cortisone injection but its painful. Any advices?

Hey eveyone! 

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

Remember that sharing helps others to cope and prevent.

All the best,

Gilda 

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. 

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. 

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.

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

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?

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

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:)

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 :)