Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Hi Parrish, I have been on all of them. Arava helped some, with minium side effects on me. Now I am on Arava, MTX, and Mobic. Each persons body responds differently to each medicine or combination of medicines. Good luck finding the right one. > > Hi Group, > > Still doing some research and trying to decide the > best drug for me to start with. > > Any insight into Arava? > > I'm debating between Arava, Plaquenil and MTX. > > Thanks, > Parrish > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Parrish, Arava worked very well for me in helping the pain and inflammation, more than mtx. Unfortunately, the mtx had already lowered my white cell count too much, and the Arava continued the decline. We are all different, and therefore respond in different ways to the meds. Sue On Thursday, August 31, 2006, at 03:26 PM, Parrish Blaszka wrote: > Hi Group, > > Still doing some research and trying to decide the > best drug for me to start with. > > Any insight into Arava? > > I'm debating between Arava, Plaquenil and MTX. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 > > Hi Group, > > Still doing some research and trying to decide the > best drug for me to start with. What did the doctor say? Sierra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Parrish, I was on Arava for awhile. I eventually went off the arava because I was having minimal help from it and was having side effects of the drugs. Headaches and etc. I was on MTX and arava at the same time so they just stopped the arava and continued my MTX as always. I also work at a hospital and during the time I was on Arava I worked on a Physical Medicine and Rehab Unit and all the doctors that worked that unit definitely wanted me to be off the arava. They did not like all the side effects of Arava. The other members are right though, everyone responds differently to different medications. Good Luck with your decision. Parrish Blaszka <parrish_blaszka@...> wrote: Hi Group, Still doing some research and trying to decide the best drug for me to start with. Any insight into Arava? I'm debating between Arava, Plaquenil and MTX. Thanks, Parrish --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Small Business. --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new .com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Hi Parrish, Plaquenil made me so sick I couldn't stay on it for long ehough to see if it would help. Arava helped my RA TREMENDOUSLY (better than anything else, so far) but I had to stop taking it because it was affecting my liver. Plaquaenil doesn't make most people as sick as it did me, and it doesn't have as many serious side effests as some of the otehr drugs, so it's a good place to start. For some people, it's all they need for a long time. If Plaquenil doesn't help, I'd certainly give Arava a try... as I said, it helped me a lot. And there are many people who don't run into the liver problems I had. Incidentally, even though I had to stop taking Arava, it never made me sick or anything... the liver problem was caught with routine blood work, and I stopped taking it. Then we just did more frequent blood work until my liver was back to normal. So even though it didn't work out for me, nothing terrible happened. > > Hi Group, > > Still doing some research and trying to decide the > best drug for me to start with. > > Any insight into Arava? > > I'm debating between Arava, Plaquenil and MTX. > > Thanks, > Parrish > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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