At the moment, the only other med I take is 100mg minocycline pulsed on MWF. That is a mycoplasma protocol for RA which I pleaded with my original rheumy to let me try. I have been taking it for 16 mths.
Aside from that, I was working with a MD who practices integratively. He was helping me heal my gut, identify food allergies and detox heavy metal toxicity. The detox had to go very slow as I was so reactive to it. We did glutathione/lipostabil pushes for one year.
During this time, my RA went from a high moderate to a weak positive. The rheumy was stunned. He said "I am a science based doctor. I don't understand a thing you are doing but either it is working or mother nature has decided to spontaneously heal you as you are nearly dormant." The bloodwork agreed.
I was elated and doing very well without the dangerous drugs. Then I was bit by another tick on mother's day weekend and my health has just plummeted since.
I test positive for Babesia, QFever, and EBV. The LLMD I sought out for this tickbite is also a rheumatologist. She wants to get my RA under control before she begins treatment of the Babs. (She didn't even mention the QFever & EBV so I don't think they are very serious) She strongly suspects strep in my gut but at the time of our meeting, the test for it had not come back.
I pray I do not have to stay on the Enbrel too long.