I got ReA from salmonella and I've been fighting it for a year I was just able to get off prednisone recently. What helped me kick it was the humira I had already been on methotrexate for 9 months...
Doc has me on the strongest dose of humira and methotrexate and all same meds still. I feel 100% better after 2 doses of humira I've been able to run and do things I haven't been able to do in a year...
Yea I wouldn't trade it for the world and prednisone has literally saved my career. I've put on just few pounds I'm a firm believer if you have a good work out routine and diet prednisone won't slam...
Sorry to hear that pred and steroid injections have been literally my life savers with my arthritis...
I've had reactive arthritis since last October. My swelling went down to .71 before I left Korea and now it seems to be getting worse after I was almost all gone! I don't get it it seems as if mtx...
I started using traumeel and taking tart cherry juice concentrate for my reactive arthritis. They both took about 5 days to build up in my system but once they did I noticed less pain and...
Reactive arthritis is brought upon by a bacterial infection and it autoimmune so TNF inhibitors such as methotrexate and humira. Joints fill with fluid and stay that way until the meds are able to...
I have reactive arthritis in my lower body and lower impact exercises have def helped me out alot you'll find out what your body is able to handle after a few sessions...
Prednisone works wonders but when it wears off its mind over matter gotta block out the pain...
if im not better im gonna try and get my doc to get me on this remicade hopefully they have it here in korea...
My reactive proteins went down to 2.25 down from 3.30 and I finally started to feel better until I noticed my ankle swells now and there fluid I just can't win with this disease the doc has me...
I'm in your same boat man I have reactive arthritis. I'm in the army and suffer through the pain I originally got it in my right knee them the left knee and the mtx,prednisone,sulfasalazine and...
the problem is where im stationed none of that is available however the methotrexate and prednisone seem to be helping my blood tests yesterday showed my reactive proteins down from 5.77 to 3.30....
I forgot to mention i have fluid in both knees and have had cortisone shots in both knees already and was fooled by the 3 day miracle relief of them. However being as active as I am i still can move...
Im in the Us army stationed here in korea. I went to down the philippines to get married in october and caught a bug. Had diarehha and a fever for 3 days. When i came back to korea my knee was FILLED...