Hi,
I have RA since 2001 and am on MTX + Remicade till June1st 2007. I was doing great and no complains except occasinal pains here and there. My Rhumy asked me to stop MTX on June 1st bcause, I told him that I am thinking to have one more child...
So I am Off MTX, and last month I had such a bad flare...All the joints of my body was hurting and was tired whole day.... I had my remicade last week, most of the pain is gone but still some left in my feet and the tiredness/sick feeling is not going away...
I have appt with my Rhumy tomorrow...Can some one provide me some details on if Remicade works without MTX? Instead of MTX what should I take? What else should I ask my Rhuemy...
TIA
Alpa
MXT works in conjunction with Remicade. They work in two different ways. Remicade can work without MXT but it sounds as if you need both, that your RA isn't as controlled as you might have thought. What have your labs shown in the past? If you want to become pregnant I don't know what other dmard you can take. That's a question for your RD. Just make sure that your RD and ObGyn work closely together if pregnancy occurs. Lindy
Remicade worksbetter with MTX or Arava as a cocktail. But it can work you just may have to adjust your remicade dose to counterbalance the missing mtx
MTX is definitely contraindicated in pregnancy. I have never been on remicade but I tried mtx for 5 months and it didn't work and the side effects were bad for me.