I have heard that you should take alot of vitamins with RA,IM taking, vitamin C,D,E,CALCIUM,and flax ceed along with all the other meds I take...does anyone else take all of these too?is there anything else I should be taking?or maybe one that is combined?
EmilyP
Hi , Calcium is real important, I chew those neat chocolate ones. Also, I take mtx , so need folic acid. I have a multi vit, and glucosomine/chondriton. I write everything down as I'm taking it or I'll forget if I have? My mind is sorta scary. I also keep a journal with a few sentences about how I feel that day, etc. Lynda
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Fish oil is another good supplement to take. Folic acid if you are on mtx.
I take a multi vitamin with iron; folic acid; and calcium
Fish Oil as well
One thing that you have to watch for are that almost all of the vitamin supplements are loaded with immune boosters. At one time i bought some new, very expensive vitamins and every day became more painful as the immune boosters did their job. Now i make sure that there are no boosters in my vitamins and sometimes hard to find.
LEV
I take a sustained release vitamin c as it runs straight through the body, the sustained one lets out the vitamin at intervals instead of all at once. I also take a B6-B12 complex. I find it helps a lot with the moods/depression. I have low iron so take iron with added folate. From years of prednisone I now have osteopaenia so I take calcium with D as the D helps it to absorb into the bones.I also take glucosamine for the few joints I have OA in and last but not least is liquid fish oil.I want to encourage everyone to ask their doctors to test them for vitamin deficiency. I have been taking fish oil, multi vitamins and calcium magnesium supplements for years, but I just recently found out I am deficient in Vitamin D. I now have to take a prescription strength supplement in addition to all of the above.I take the Calcium with Vitamin D.Lev, what are some examples of immune boosting stuff found in multi vitamins?
I jst bought five different bottles of vitamins as tomorrow is my first Mtx day.
I've haven't been tking a multi-vitamin so may wait until next week instead of adding it tomorrow.
I do take calcium with Vitamin D because of the prednisone I take.
Hello Everyone ,
This is my first post. I've been taking MTX and Celebrex for about 6 months. It was working for awhile but now I'm back to swollen fingers, achy feet, shoulders....etc. Yesterday my Dr. told me that I need to start a new med Humira and continue with MTX as well. He said that if I wanted to continue taking my alternative pills it would be fine. I don't think he hold much faith in them.I've been taking mega doses of Omega 3, biotin,b6,tumeric,caliciun-D, gloucosimine,MSM, Boswellia. I think the only one benefiting from this is the Health Food Store.
Has anyone out there heard anything about DMSO? Its the only thing I haven't been able to find.
Jan
[QUOTE=janilou] Has anyone out there heard anything about DMSO? Its the only thing I haven't been able to find.[/QUOTE]