leg pain - any connection

I have had achy legs for a few months.  I thought it was my sciatia nerve, but it is in both legs.  I think it is joint and muscular.  My hips to my knees ache, sometimes my ankles, and sometimes the lower left side of my left leg.  I called my GI thinking it was a Humira side effect.  He told me that he didn't think it was the Humira and to see my primary dr.  Does Humira cause any vitamin defiencies or could it be something else?  I do exercise but not enough for all this pain.  Sometimes it wakes me up at night, but I have the pain during the day too. What tests should I ask my dr. for on Tues?  Thanks

Thanks!  I have been checked for ankylosing spondylitis and the test was negative.  Could low liver enzymes cause leg pain.  The Humira phamacist didn't think it could be rheum. arthiritis since Humira treats that as well.  It begins in my hips and radiates down both legs.  When I move around, the pain eases a little.  It is almost like sciata nerve pain.  Can you have that in both hips at the same time?

I have really bad pain that starts in my hip/buttock, and goes down my left leg to my knee. It ALWAYS gets worse when I have a bad bathroom day, almost like an indicator. Sometimes it hurts on both legs, but mostly the left.

I went to get a massage and the first thing the therapist asked was if I was having colon problems. She said that an inflamed colon affects some nerves that run along the legs (sorry, not sure if it's sciatica). The massage doesn't really help it specifically, other than to relax me.

I treat the pain with heat (baths, hot water bottles, herb bags, etc).

Good luck finding the source of your pain.

I have leg, hip and knee pain too! I have been having a lot of expensive tests to figure it out lately and been referred by my GI to numerous specialists-shouldn't they know that this goes along with UC? I have been tested by a Rheumatologist and an Internist for Osteoarthritis, a Gyno for Ovary problems etc, with no results. I still have pain and my doc doesn't like to give me Vicodin and I can't take Ibuprofen for obvious reasons. I am on Prednisone for 1 more day for a flareup but when I go off I know the pain will be back. Now what? :(

What is amitiptyline? Sounds like it is worth a try.

Amitriptyline is a 1st generation anti-depressant. It was used in doses around 200-300mg for depression. GI docs have noted that at much lower doses, it can slow down or relax the colon. I am using 30mg/nightly. I was surprised at the side effect of removing some of the pain. It does make you drowsy so you have to take it at night, and it takes about a week (or less) for your body to adjust to it. If you can stick out the drowsiness for the first week, that side effect goes away.