IBD and Inflammatory Arthritis . . . anyone?

about 6 or 7 years ago I was diagnosed with Peripheral arthritis. This is a common non-damaging form of arthritis that is common in IBD'ers. The inflammation in the joints mirror the inflammation in the colon. Since being in remission is doesn't hurt as bad. Also, at the same time I was diagnosed with PA I was also diagnosed with Fibromylagia.

Do you have any swelling in your joints? Redness?

Regular Tylonel does nothing for me either but Tylonel Arthritis does. It has a higher MG count. I also tried Celebrex in the past but only could take it for a day or two then not take take it for a day or two or it would mess my gut up.

My rheumatologist put me on Mobic. He said in his experience, it was less likely to cause GI irritation and bleeding than most other NSAID's. I haven't had any problems with it, but then I never had problems with the Alleve I took for years before starting Mobic. I also have very painful neuropathy in my feet, so I have Tramadol to take when the Mobic isn't enough. I take it once or twice most days.

When we have pain with no obvious, demonstrable physical cause, we still press doctors for a diagnosis. Often we end up with multiple diagnoses, one from each doctor we see. I know I have inflammatory arthritis, I just don't know what's causing it. Since it started almost 15 years before I developed UC, I don't think it's that. Fibromyalgia has been suggested, but I don't have any consistent trigger points. X-rays don't look like osteoarthritis. RA blood tests are negative and I don't get redness, swelling or heat in the joints. So I'm left with "I'm just achey and sore all over."

I have no swelling or redness in my joints, just all-over achiness. I am taking Turmeric, but maybe I'm not taking enough. I'll try upping my dose. Thank you all for your replies.