Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 Hi, my rheumy diagnoised me with ra last year...He put me on plaquenel as he said i'm in the early stages and he hoped the meds would slow it down.. i had serious side affects fro the medicine...hair started coming out in clumps, dizzy spells, stomach upset, eye problems, skin rash. He gave me a three month supply and said come back in 3 months to see how i was doing.. well, after 2 months i stopped taking the medicine because it's side effects. now i'm afraid to go back because he's going to want to put me on prednisone probably.. i don't want to take that drug either. It's been 6 months since i've seen the rheumy and my ra is progressing rapidly... My knees have two large painful lumps (swelling that don't go away) over them on the left sides of the knees.. (what exactly is the swelling...is it fluid?? i didn't have this when i saw the rheumatoligist and my fingers are doing the swanneck thing and some of them look like sausages...my feet hurt so bad, i can hardly walk at times..My elbows hurt just carrying a light bag of grocerys and my wrists are hurting as i type. When i sit in a chair for more than 10min, it's very painfull and slow getting up. my question is: what else can i take besides the 2 meds i mentioned because i'm going to see the rheumatolist soon and i can talk to him about it. i have extreme fatigue and weakness now and it's causing a lot of depression...i can't take anti-depression meds because i take maxalt for migraine and the two can be a deadly mix. I can't give up the maxalt as i would have to go to emergency for relief. I really wanted to try the anti-depressants but this stopped me. thank you for listening. patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.