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Hooray! I have a horrible cold

by Sal B on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Friday, December 10 2010

Three years ago a friend with RA said that in future I would celebrate having a streaming cold. At the time I thought she was nuts, but she was right, because it shows my immune system is behaving at last, at least a bit! I came off Imuran six weeks ago, because it was wrecking my liver, and has given me dehydration problems too. It's a... Read more Chevron

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Imuran and prednisone

by Sal B on Rheumatoid Arthritis
Tuesday, November 24 2009

I've been on Imuran (25mg pd) for two weeks, alongside 7.5mg pd of Prednisone. As with the other DMARDs I've been on, I've got a thumping headache, and general feeling of being coshed, but it's much worse when I take the Prednisone. I take codeine & paracetamol to cope with the pain, and 10mg amatriptyline at night to get to sleep. I now... Read more Chevron

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