Hi Tina, Thank you for your response and great information about alternative medicines. So far I have been going to a rheumatologist and he has me on predisone and methotrexate. The predisone has been reduced to 5mg and I'm pretty sure he will take me off it in a month. Methotrexate has been increased to 25 mg which I think is maximum dosage? He thinks I will probably have a flare up at which time he will put me on embrel. It's been almost a week and so far no flare ups. I take fish oil, borage oil, flax seed oil, vit D, calcium, daily vit and green tea along with prescription drugs. I exercise 1-2 hrs per day. My big fear is what the methotrexate & enbrel will be doing to my insides. My doctor tells me that these drugs slow the progression of the disease. The way I understand it is that I will eventually be deformed and in a wheelchair. It will just take longer to get there if I stay on these drugs. I guess this is a very unprediciable disease and the outcome is different for each individual. I've had RA for 4 months now and am so confused as to what is ahead for me.
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Hi Tina, Thank you for your response and great information about alternative medicines. So far I have been going to a rheumatologist and he has me on predisone and methotrexate. The predisone has been reduced to 5mg and I'm pretty sure he will take me off it in a month. Methotrexate has been increased to 25 mg which I think is maximum dosage? He thinks I will probably have a flare up at which time he will put me on embrel. It's been almost a week and so far no flare ups. I take fish oil, borage oil, flax seed oil, vit D, calcium, daily vit and green tea along with prescription drugs. I exercise 1-2 hrs per day. My big fear is what the methotrexate & enbrel will be doing to my insides. My doctor tells me that these drugs slow the progression of the disease. The way I understand it is that I will eventually be deformed and in a wheelchair. It will just take longer to get there if I stay on these drugs. I guess this is a very unprediciable disease and the outcome is different for each individual. I've had RA for 4 months now and am so confused as to what is ahead for me.
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