Re: arava and second rheumy appt.....

[Guest guest]

I have been on it a couple years now. It really helped my shoulder

but my feet and hands still hurt sometimes. I had no side effects from it but

once my liver levels went up a bit. Good luck!

Joy

> From: diane crawford <nuttynurse25@...>

> Subject: [ ] arava and second rheumy appt.....

>

> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 11:13 AM

> Just got back from my second rheumy appointment..At first he

> had told

> me rheumatoid factor pos inflammatory polyarthritis and

> started me on

> mtx...So, today went very well...I recieved a diffenent dx

> of

> seropostive rheumatoid arthritis..He said with the pos

> rf,sedrate and

> the joint pain was enough....Im kinda relieve that I can

> call It ra,

> hey much worst things can happen...Not having any relief

> from mtx...I

> had a choice, up the mtx dose and go to shots..He believe I

> would i

> would still get the side effects...or...arava 20mgs

> daily....So, we

> decided to try the arava..He said I have to be careful on

> what meds I

> take because im a nurse and really wanted me to stay low on

> the totum

> pole for now..also gave me medrol dose packs as

> needed....Than I

> mentioned about the reynelds, finger getting cold and

> turning pale and

> bluish...He said primmary reynolds and gave me low dose of

> norvasc....Oh.I really like this rheumy but my insurance

> said now I

> have to see the one on the panel, It was only a courtisy

> because of the

> waiting list....Any body have any good results with

> arava...diane

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Arava did an excellent job of controlling my pain and inflammation.

Unfortunately, mtx had already lowered my white blood cell count too

low, and Arava just continued it. It might have been different if I had

been on Arava originally instead of mtx.

Sue

On Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at 12:13 PM, diane crawford wrote:

> Any body have any good results with arava...diane

>