Just been to see rheumatology and after 2 years on the horrid stuff just been changed to sulfasalazine . Maybe this will help with the pain to . Any one else tried this with any joy .
Hi there, here’s hoping the sulfasalazine works better for you than the mtx did! If you go to the very top of this page (or any page on this site) you will find a search bar. If you key in “sulfasalazine” you will be able to see plenty of discussion about it. Here’s one of the threads:
http://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/forum/topics/sulfasalazine-anybody-taken-it-results?commentId=6339595%3AComment%3A147310
Wishing you every success with sulfasalazine. If it doesn't work for you, though, please remember that you're then eligible (subject to tender/swollen joint count criteria) for a biologic. PLEASE don't leave yourself suffering for another two years before pushing for your treatment to be escalated again.
Just seconding what the others have said. I hope you get some joy from Sulfasalazine. But if not, do get assertive about the possibility of biologics or a second opinion. We do have the right to ask for a different doc ... I did that & ended up with a new rheumy in a different hospital. His whole approach is different, much more proactive - it's such an eye opener. But I didn't know about the Bath hospital then & if I got stuck with a dismal treatment strategy again I'd get there ASAP.
If you want & need encouragement for the somewhat daunting prospect of 'asking for more' at any point then please see if we can help, folk here have a lot of experience in that department!
Agree with not leaving it two years this time. Three months is a reasonable trial for ssz, and if it hasn’t helped after six, I’d be hollering if I were you. Nobody is going to advocate for you if you don’t put yur foot downa nd get assertive.
Agree, not two years but do give it a shot! Good luck.
I stopped MTX after six months. This is a fair trial, and if it's not going to work you will certainly know it in 6 months. Hoping that it does work for you. That's been a long time of not getting good disease control.