Re: Re: Add sulfasalazine or switch to a biologic?

June 12, 2008

good morning barb, hope you feel well.... it's sooo FUNNY you mentioned my

daughter,alyssa. guess what we call her? PRINCESS OF COURSE, TOO FUNNY!! i live

in corpus christi,tx. lately it has been very hot & humid here. they say it's

going to rain & it still has yet to rain......... i live by the water but i just

can't seem to be in the hot for long, i get sick.... honey, i think about you &

a very special person i met here in this group but she is no longer a member. so

we e-mail each other. well i HOPE you have a good one, i need to get ready for

the day. alyssa just woke up & she want's to go swimming with her friend.. talk

to you soon,barb.god bless,melyndagamez 6/12/08 10:35a.m.central time

[ ] Add sulfasalazine or switch to a biologic?

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> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 10:51 PM

>

> I finally managed to get in to a rheumatologist yesterday. She

> doesn't think my current treatment regiment of Plaquinil and

> Methotrexate are keeping my RA under control. Gee, I'd been trying to

> tell the rheumatologists at Camino Medical Group that for over a year

> now, and all they said is lose weight and you'll fell better. But I

> digress.

>

> Anyway, my new rheumatologist brought up two options for me to decide

> between at my follow-up appointment next month. Option one is to add

> sulfasalazine to my current regiment (along with continuing on

> Prednisone at 10 mg rather than ramping off completely). The other is

> to switch to a biologic. My gut is to go straight to the biologic,

> but I'm curious if anyone else has been on both of these regiments and

> can point out the pros and cons between them.

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