so i have my 2nd appt. with rheumy tmrw and wanted to ask a few questions, if she does treat me for lupus what would the first approach (medicine wise) be ?? She is only treating me for fibromyalgia at this point.
ALSO, have any of you had any side effects with meloxicam (anti-inflammatory)
i used to be on meloxicam and it was a good medicine until it wasn't enough med's for me. My rheumy is very conservative, since my blood work doesn't show positive for one auto-immune or the other yet, so he put me on Plaquenil (brand name). That's a good medicine too, just takes a while before you feel whether its doing its job or not. Anyway, that's my experience. I used to see another rheumy who thought I only was dealing with fibro and took me off everything and put me on Lyrica. Lyrica helped me sleep , but did nothing for my pain. I hope you get to feeling better and get the answers you are searching for.
cymbalta gave me insomnia and nausea, lyrica or tramadol did me no good but neurotin was a winner, for a while, meloxicam, i am not feeling it -
I am a month and a half in on plaquenil. It is my first lupus medicine. I have noticed an improvement in the rash that is on my back. It was horrible looking. Now could be mistaken for a few zits instead of a rampant case of who knows what. My joints feel better too. I can actually grip things now.
Plaquenil made me a little nauseous at first but not any more.
Still have extreme fatigue and cns issues. Swelling in my hands still bad too.
We,l It all depends on your case remember not all of us have the same symptoms ,but she might give you an auto immune suppressant ,maybe more blood work ,make sure to tell the Dr all your symptoms and ask questions and relax you are going there to feel better.
I’m on Celexa for nerve pain and no in muni suppressant because my body does not tolerate it
It will all depend on your symptoms and blood work. I would approach it, keeping in mind with what I want my take-away to be. Is it pain relief, is it maximum functionality, is it lessening of progression of the disease. I would talk to the doc about all of these things.
make your questions beforehand so that you won't forget any questions you want to give.
pain and fatigue is what i want my take-away to be, then i could function, i have made a list thx for the advise, i hadnt thought of that.
mimi the bag lady said:
It will all depend on your symptoms and blood work. I would approach it, keeping in mind with what I want my take-away to be. Is it pain relief, is it maximum functionality, is it lessening of progression of the disease. I would talk to the doc about all of these things.
make your questions beforehand so that you won't forget any questions you want to give.