[Myrddin]

That's fairly good news. I was just reading through the ibuprofen link and noticed that it can increase methotrexate toxicity.

Methotrexate
• NSAIDs have been reported to competitively inhibit methotrexate accumulation in rabbit kidney slices. This may indicate that they could enhance the toxicity of methotrexate. Caution should be used when NSAIDs are administered concomitantly with methotrexate.

I should probably broach the subject with a doctor. I get sick so rarely that the local "ready care" facility has been all the medical services I really need. The doctor at that facility suggested that I should try to find a "regular" doctor as it may be very difficult to find one willing to accept me as a patient later. Pocatello is termed "medically under served". Doctors here tend to "accept" a limited number of patients as customers of a given practice. Finding one who will accept another can be fairly difficult.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

While ibuprofen might help manage the pain, damage is still happening in your joints. As much as I hate being on medication, it is helping to keep the disease at bay and I am hoping for a better quality of life as I age. I have been ill since age 31, I am now 48.