A Hard Choice, quitting the drugs

[Guest guest]

Hi OKD

Have you thought about adding antibiotic therapy to your

methotrexate? It works well for many many people and is very safe

with minimal side effects. It's an anti-inflammatory to some extent

but also seems to attack the cause of many people's immune illnesses

which are stealth bacteria. Some doctors don't believe this theory

but who cares - as long as it works! I've been using it for six years

with quite some success. I still get flares and occasionally use 2mg

prednisone for them for a short time, but otherwise only use tylenol

and minocycline.

I agree with the others, don't come off all your drugs too quickly or

you might go into some kind of withdrawal reactions. It takes a few

months to start working properly but I took prednisone for those

months which controlled the pain and enabled me to work and live

pretty normally. If you want anymore information about finding out

about antibiotic therapy please ask.

Ros