Joint Pain...Elbows... Remicade.

I hope someone familiar with remi can comment, it seems like sometimes people do get joint pain from it. But you also say that your remission is fragile - perhaps you're having extraintestinal joint pain due to ongoing inflammation? Maybe you need to up the remi dose?

Have you tried a gluten free diet? That was something I did almost 18 months ago - it made a huge difference for me, including relieving joint pain that I struggled with for a long time. The most helpful remedy for my joint pain was really taking sulfazine, but since you haven't responded to the mesalamines I'm not sure it's worthwhile for you. But it might be something to discuss with your DR. Sulfazine treats both joints and gut inflammation, kind of a perfect med for some folks like me.

The joint pain seems more spread out, time wise. My last infusion was October 16th. I have been sick a lot, so I haven't steadily exercised. I know I tried a while ago and had the same issue. I can't remember if it was before or after the last infusion.

My remission is fragile I feel, but I don't exactly know what to do at this point. I figure stay on Remicade and really look at things over a 3-4 month period now that I have had a couple steady 3-4 weeks of feeling pretty well. (I was doing well for almost 2 months. Not perfect, but satisfactory in my book. The last 2-3 weeks haven't been as good... but maybe it's because I'm also sick with a virus type thing I think?)