I am new to RA, about a year now and my Dr has me on Methotraxate, Folic Acid and I take Advil in the am. The last month or so my feet are killing me and can hardly get out of bed to stand on them in the morning. I was on Prednisone (10mg a day) but I got off of that as I have a brother and a sister who had cataract surgery from being on Prednisone. I'm seeing my doctor on Monday and was wondering if anyone had a success story?
Hi Jilly...welcome!
Let your doctor know how sore your feet have been. Maybe he/she will give you something else for pain if the advil isn't doing anything. How long have u been on the mtx?
Well I think you'll find many success stories here.
I took MTX for close to two years before my doctor added Humira. Once I got up to 17.5mg he insisted I needed to add another medication.
Hopefully your doctor will see it that way as well. Life's been good for me.....not always easy; but definately good. If that's not success I don't know what is.
[QUOTE=kelstev]Hi Jilly...welcome!
Let your doctor know how sore your feet have been. Maybe he/she will give you something else for pain if the advil isn't doing anything. How long have u been on the mtx?
[/QUOTE]JillyBean, yeah, I have those feet too. Hubby says he may wake up in a wet puddle one day because I just refused to get out of bed one night to go to the bathroom. I'll lie there forever before making myself stand up on those sore feet. You can put your name with mine on the waiting list for some bionic feet as soon as they invent them!
It does sound like it's time to adjust the meds. This sounds new for you, and so it probably means you need better control to take the place of what prednisone used to be doing for you. Good luck.
Also, do see a podiatrist as well that specializes in painful feet. Make sure that there's no neuropathy going on. Some people have changed their shoes. Crunchy swears by Crocs. Lots and lots of people have terrible pain in the feet, it being their first symptom, and they have gotten good results from meds adjustment. Emphasize how painful it is to your doctor. Sometimes they are not listening. Make sure yours is and be prepared to not leave the office until this problem is properly addressed.Hi Jilly,
Add me to the list too....my main problem is SORE FEET. Very hard to stand up in the morning, and when I do, it's hard to take first steps... I swear by CROCS too, I make sure they are by the bed and put my feet in them before standing up, makes a big difference...just bought my second pair...
I have been taking MTX (20mg) for 9 weeks now, along with Pred.(was on 5mg), trying today to go without Pred. see how I go.
If it is really bad Could also help to take a mild pain killer an hr or so before getting up...
Good luck
Sarah
My dr gave me Celebrex for the pain but I'm afraid to take it because of all the side effects. Has anyone had anything good or bad associated with Celebrex?Lots of people are on Celebrex and it really helps them. I haven't taken it though. I'm on Mobic which is similar. I would fight to keep that. Definitely worth a try as it targets inflammation.Jilly, yeah, I did that too. Sat on a celebrex prescripton for weeks because I was afraid to take it. I finally got desperate enough and tried it. For me, it's wonderful. Way more effective than ibuprofen. Helps both the pain and the swelling quite a bit. Not a miracle cure, and it takes a couple of weeks of taking it regularly to reach the max effect, but I do love my celebrex now.
I found I have to take the max dose, 200mg twice a day, to get the effect I need. My doc was ok with increasing my prescribed amount like that. 200mg a day is the standard dose, but for RA they consider the standard dose to be 200-400mg a day. They say take as little as you can to get the needed effect. Once I saw the difference in the dose's effect, I was sold on the 400mg a day.
I think it's very much worth a try. It made a big difference in my functioning.