Guest guest Posted January 12, 2002 Report Share Posted January 12, 2002 Hi kathleen MTX has helped me a lot, I am now on MTX and CELEBREX and it has done wonders, i was on 80 mg of pred and lowered till i could go off. hope this helps after i adjusted to MTX i do not have any side effects at all, been doing fine, at first i was really tired but now doesn't bother me at all, if you go on mtx, make sure to drink lots and lots of water. dawn --- Kathleen wrote: > Hi all! > > Well, I was at 15 mg of pred and doing fine and then > my nose and throat started to flare. I called the > rheumy to see what to do. He told me I could go up > to 20 mg, but that the risk for avascular necrosis > increases at 20 mg or above. So what am I supposed > to do? I went up to 20 mg and it isn't cutting it. > I feel like a bad patient because I want to up more > and get RID of the pain. Does anyone else have a > doctor that doesn't want you to take too much pred? > What have you done? We have talked about me going > on MTX. Maybe that would do the trick. My next > appt. isn't until the 24th, though and I don't want > to suffer... I like Heidi's point that we are > paying their salaries, but damn, it doesn't feel > that way!!!! Is that a class they teach in med > school -- " How to keep your patients in line? " > > Kathleen (Tx) > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2002 Report Share Posted January 13, 2002 Dawn, Thanks for the reply. It is so good that we can all share what we have learned about the different drugs and ways of dealing with them. I am glad to hear that MTX worked for you and hope that it will do the same for me! Kathleen (Tx) Re: Pred ? Kathleen TX > Hi kathleen > MTX has helped me a lot, I am now on MTX and > CELEBREX and it has done wonders, i was on 80 mg of > pred and lowered till i could go off. > hope this helps > after i adjusted to MTX i do not have any side > effects at all, been doing fine, at first i was > really tired but now doesn't bother me at all, if you > go on mtx, make sure to drink lots and lots of water. > dawn > > --- Kathleen wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > Well, I was at 15 mg of pred and doing fine and then > > my nose and throat started to flare. I called the > > rheumy to see what to do. He told me I could go up > > to 20 mg, but that the risk for avascular necrosis > > increases at 20 mg or above. So what am I supposed > > to do? I went up to 20 mg and it isn't cutting it. > > I feel like a bad patient because I want to up more > > and get RID of the pain. Does anyone else have a > > doctor that doesn't want you to take too much pred? > > What have you done? We have talked about me going > > on MTX. Maybe that would do the trick. My next > > appt. isn't until the 24th, though and I don't want > > to suffer... I like Heidi's point that we are > > paying their salaries, but damn, it doesn't feel > > that way!!!! Is that a class they teach in med > > school -- " How to keep your patients in line? " > > > > Kathleen (Tx) > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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