Re: Re: NO PAIN WITH MINOCYCLINE/Diane

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Diane

How long did it take for the minocycline to work? Did you go off all drugs

when you started

it or waited awhile?

Joy

Diane <carol.incognito@...> wrote:

Hi ,

I only take 100 mgs of Minocycline a day. After over 5 years of the

typical RA meds, the last being MTX...I am thrilled to be pain free

for the past 6 days...I have not had a pain free day in years. I am

also not taking any Prednisone or NSAIDS. I stopped them all. I

remain very optimistic that I have found my answer to this nightmare.

Diane

> >

> > If you remember me I was on MTX and Meloxicam for 3 1/2 years for

> my

> > RA. After finding out about Minocycline just last month and

being

> sick

> > with a bronchial infection for almost 2 months...I stopped the

MTX

> on

> > 2/9. I saw my Rheumatoid Dr and told him I wanted to try

> Minocycline.

> > I started on 2/28. I just wanted to give an update of how I am

> doing.

> > Today is the 3rd. day that I woke up with NO PAIN AND no signs of

> RA.

> > I am in shock, this is unbelievable. I have even stopped the

> > Prednisone and Meloxicam. Could it really be this simple for

me?

> Why

> > wasn't I offered this AB therapy 5 years ago? At least given the

> > option. I am trying not to be angry about it. I am very

grateful

> to

> > be having pain free days and I am very optimistic that the AB

> treatment

> > will work for me.

> > I hope everyone knows about this therapy. I had never heard of

> it. I

> > thought I was well read and intelligent when it came to RA. I

was

> > nothing short of ignorant I see now.

> > Diane

> >

>

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