Whatever you do friends, don’t let anybody you love take HUMIRA® (adalimumab) injections, Humira killed my wife.
Oct. 27, 2018
Wow....methotrexate has a lot of side effects. More than Humira. Requires lab monitoring as long term use / high doses can damage the liver and bone marrow.....
https://www.roadback.org/
I started with the antibiotic protocol (see Roadback.org) on my RA journey and it did help significantly. I’ve evolved to using diet (low carb/keto and intermittent fasting) to control my RA.
I did have a significant Jarisch–Herxheimer effect when i started the antibiotic protocol. The first Rheumatologist that I saw after i did my research on the Antibiotic protocol said he didn’t recommend it since he had tried it on other patients and it made them sick/worse….to which i now say…yeah it made them sick, but it is worth it since it is temporary. The theory is that the antibiotics are killing off the microorganisms and it is overwhelming your bodies ability to clear out the toxins. You just have to manage the Herx response better.
”Oral methotrexate has been used with great success in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis for the past 50 years.”
Review J Clin Gastrenterol (PubMed.gov / NIH)
. 2005 Oct;39(9):751-6. doi: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000177249.46130.a3. Low-dose oral methotrexate for maintaining Crohn's disease remission: where we stand
John H Sun 1 , Kiron M Das Affiliations expand PMID: 16145336 DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000177249.46130.a3
However, regardless of its wide use and acceptance, it stands a good chance of either being outlawed completely - in some states, or doctors who have prescribed it for decades will be persuaded to cease using it for their patients. All because...(gasp!)
Methotrexate is an abortifacient and it is used to treat ectopic pregnancies, provided the fallopian tube has not ruptured.[4][25] Methotrexate with dilation and curettage is used to treat molar pregnancy. Rarely, it is used in combination with mifepristone to abort uterine pregnancies.[26]
The horror.
Hooray if this leads in the right direction! Such a simple method of stalling progression to diagnosis. C.D., can you remind me which blood test is used to diagnose RA? And if one doesn’t have the genetic inheritance, can one still develop it?