... Has ... Hi Christine, Living in Houston we have no consistent weather. I feel like if the weather would either be cold or warm; wet or dry for more than a...
Thanks for the input Michele. Sorry to hear you aren't getting any relief. I took my 4th dose of Metho on Friday and I feel worse than when I started. I am...
Hi All, I live in the Boston area, and temperature does have effect on my PA. The extreme cold we have had makes by "problem" joints ache at least temporarily....
Hi, I am on Enbrel and it costs $325.00 per shot, Canadian. I think it is good, but it only works as long as you are injecting. I had a sinus infection and...
I live in the Los Angeles area. I take Enbrel 25 mg-2x weekly. The cost is $1450/mo. The insurance pays all except $30.00. At one point I took 50mg 2x/week...
Hi Michele, Are you taking Folic Acid? My doctor is giving me 2mg of folic Acid each day to counteract the fatigue. I also take Leucovorin Calcium (5mg once...
I thought this was an interesting article that was in the American Academy of Dermatology Newsletter for Feb. 2005. Nice to have a good side effect now and...
My name is Linda, I'm 43 years old and I've had Psoriatic Arthritis for 12 years, and Psorisis for 22 years. I remember back in the summer of 1991, I just...
Hi Linda, My name is Lori and I am 44 years old and have had psoriasis for 10 years now and just was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. I am on the enbrel...
I spent quite a while on the phone today calling around to the pharmacies around here. My usual pharmacy absolutely can't get me the indictable MTX any more....
Hello Members of the Psoriatic Arthritis Group, There is a national study of Psoriatic Arthritis about to take place (April 4 - 8). It is a 1-hour telephone...
There's only a few days left to register for the National Study on Psoriatic Arthritis. It's a 1-hr. telephone study and participants each receive $75. To...
Only a few spots remain if you want to participate in the National Study on Psoriatic Arthritis, a 1-hr. telephone interview with psoriatic arthritis patients....
HI RUTH, I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS SURVEY AS I AM NOT PRESENTLY ON METHOTREXATE. HAD SURGERY AND HAVE BEEN OFF OF IT FOR SIX MONTHS AS I HAD OPEN WOUNDS....
Hi all. I was diagnosed last year, and have been doing ok till about a month ago. One day I got very stiff and painful all over, was put on steroids for a...
HI CATHY, I HAVE NEVER HEARD PA DESCRIBED SO WELL. I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN YOU SAID WHERE IS WALDO. YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB. HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH THE PAIN? I WAS...
HI CATHY, I HAVE NEVER HEARD PA DESCRIBED SO WELL. I HAD TO LAUGH WHEN YOU SAID WHERE IS WALDO. YOU HAVE A TOUGH JOB. HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH THE PAIN? I WAS...
Here is another situation which I am experiencing. I have never been dx with PA. I was hit by a car doing 50 miles an hour while I was seated on a bench and...
VIVIAN, JUST BECAUSE THE EMBREL PEOPLE SAY DIARHEA DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH EMBREL USERS, DOES NOT MEAN MUCH. ANY MED, AS YOU KNOW, CAN CAUSE DIARHEA. ALSO, WITH...
thank you Shirley for your welcome. I had uveitis (sp?) last month for almost two weeks. My left eye was bright red and felt heavy and swollen. My eye doc...
Miracle of miracles I have been seen by the consultant! I kicked up a big stink, threatening with the media etc and it seemed to work as I had a letter saying...
Welcome Lorena I am new here too (joined yesterday) I am 49 years old, but was just diagnosed last year. Now when I think back I have had vague symptoms of...
Can you give a link for the international Psoriasis site? _____ From: Shirley Duval [mailto:shenry_123@...] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 11:06 AM To:...
My PA affects me the most in my Achilles tendons. I've yet to find a doctor that can tell me what to do about it. I take Metho but it doesn't help my heels....
CHRISTINE, THERE ARE SOME PLACES NO MED CAN HELP. MY KNEES FOR EXAMPLE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH MTX I TOOK AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH OXYCONTIN I TOOK, IT DID NOT...
Hi everyone. Let me also welcome those who are new to the group. It is not always active, but a nice place to come when you are in pain: physical or mental. I...
Hi cathy... thanx 4 writing back...wow..so u just got diagonosed last year?? :( sorry...does anyone else in ur familiy have it?? ive heard that PA is...
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