WAS: Hi Tammy.....your questions about enbrel, pain, etc

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HI ....

I've been on arava about 1 1/2 to 2 yrs now. Time flies when you're

having fun...lol

I used to take 20 mg....now I am cutting it down to 10 mg with the ok

from my rheumy. The reason being was because of some stomach upset.

Another thing I noticed about my meds is some hair thinning. My hair

is baby fine anyway and any hair thinning is a problem for me. I

asked the rheumy about it and he says it could be the enbrel, arava

or my post menopausal self. It's not too bad but I do notice more on

my brush then I used to. I am hoping since I increased my estrogen

it will help some.... The arava has worked pretty well for me along

with the enbrel and the 5 mg prednisone. Though I would like to get

off the pred...Dr V tells me that I am on such a low dose....

Are you on any pain meds?

Hope this helps some.

Hugs..a

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> a, I see you are on Arava-don't see it mentioned very often.

My meds are enbrel, and decadron (similar to prednisone) and now he

wants me to start Arava 20 mgs as I elected to stop Mtx several

months back because of the extreme fatigue it was causing. Shortly

after that was when I started the decadron. i'm continuing to have

increased stiffness and nodules developing everywhere so the addition

of arava. How long have you been on this regime? Any problems? I'm

a little leary of starting a drug that stays in you system as long as

the arava but if it helps that can be a good thing . Input from

anyone would be appreciated. linda

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> rascalsniche@... wrote: Hi Tammy...this is a.

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> I am on enbrel and taking prednisone 5 mg and arava 10 mg. Darvocet

for pain.

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> I know the combination works well for me.....but I see you're only

on enbrel?

> Maybe others can fill you in on their enbrel experience and if they

take

> with a combination or just alone.

>

> I know that you would like to have something for pain. My rheumy

has given

> me darvocet. Anyone else take anything for pain and how does your

rheumy deal

> with pain issues?

>

> I know you're seeing a new rheumy soon.

>

> Welcome and hugs..a

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