Rheumatoid Arthritis - All People Who Are Taking "Sulfasalazine"

countrygirl

posted 03/30/2009, comments (7)

Changing meds

For 9 months, I've been taking 2,000 mg sulfasalazine daily, 1,000 mg naproxyn daily, added 7.5 mg methotrexate weekly a month ago, and recently increased methotrexate to 12.5 mg weekly. I'm still hurting!!! At what point do you move on to something else? How long does it normally take to get relief from... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/16/2009, comments (4)

Heart Involvement

Hi, I'm also wondering if the exhaustion may have something to do with heart involvement. My heart seems to be palpitating this past week and it's almost loud - I can hear it in my ears! It flutters sometimes to. Should I be concered about this??

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posted 02/06/2009, comment (1)

RA and Me

I can't remember how old I was when I was diagnosed with RA. I'm 55 going on 56 now. I have to do the relative thing. Let's see, I had my hysterectomy in February of 2000. I married my current husband in June of 2000, and also went from being a general aircraft electrical worker to a general aircraft mechanic. Let's... Read more Chevron

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55 years old and been living with this diease for 33 years

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posted 01/15/2009, comments (3)

Worst pain than having rheumatoid arthritis

I have been living with RA for over half of my life and have learn to deal with it. I learn early on that you have to fight this diease every day to win and I have done that. My daughter was told on her 18th birthday that she had adult onset RA. That hurt me more than my normal pain but we learnt to deal with it and move on. Now... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/16/2008, comment (1)

Tennis Player living with RA

I am 41 years old, athletic, and a hard worker. I drive 2 hours a day back and forth to work, do all my own yard work (which consists of cutting grass and weed eating approximately six to eight hours every Saturday). I also play tennis about 4 hours a week. My 13 year old son is also into sports so I stay on the road... Read more Chevron

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