Gold injections

[Guest guest]

I have been receiving gold injections for about 10 weeks now. I'm beginning

to question their benefit, quite honestly. My Dr wanted to put me on MTX but

because my liver enzymes were elevated he wanted to try the gold first.

Apparently it is an old medication that has been used with success over the

years. It is slow acting and my dr has wanted me to hang in there with the

injections because I had been taking them for a relatively short amount of

time. I think that when I go this week, though we will look at other

alternatives. My liver enzymes are down now, so he may try MTX.

On the positive side, I just returned home from a new Arthritis Foundation

focus group meeting. My area of East Tennessee has little in the way of

support and information for arthritis sufferers. My dr was the one who

organized the meeting and I applaud his efforts to bring arthritis the

attention it deserves in the public forum. Hopefully some good will come

from this meeting. I am new to the whole PA thing. Although I have probably

had it for years, I was just officially diagnosed about 6 months ago.

Finally an answer after being bounced around from dr to dr for years.

Anyone else out there taking the gold injections? Any success? Is it time

for me to look at something else??

Maureen from Tennessee

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[Guest guest]

Here is something else. I saw this a few months ago and cut and pasted

it into my Sjogren's fact sheet because I have a dry cough and great

dryness in the throat. I took gold many years ago and I had never

heard of this before. I think those are the symptoms of fibrotic lung

disease

Annette

Gold Injections. Unfortunately patients who received them had a very

high long range potential for fibrotic lung disease, kidney disease

and/or bleeding problems, and they are showing up now, years later.

What are the symptoms?

• Shortness of breath, particularly with exertion

• Chronic dry, hacking cough

• Fatigue and weakness

• Discomfort in the chest

• Loss of appetite

• Rapid weight loss