meds are not working

[cassierus]

Hello, I hope you are all feeling well tonight. I have been on plaquinyl for a year, Methotrexate for 11 months, (6 weeks of shots first), then 15 mg pilld every Wednesday night and now 1000 mg cell cept. I seem to be getting worse. I have more skin lesions and they had almost all dgone aaway from the metho. I am also so tire dtnad weak that I am in bed 3.4 of the day and I sleep most of that time. I also have rashes averywhere. I am allergic to prednisone so that is not an iption. My sed and creactive protein were high and my ana is between 160 and320. I am seeing my rheumy tomorrow due to things getting worse and wondered if besides shots, does anyone know if there are any meds that can be given through IV for me that may sppeed things up. If anyone is familiar, please let me know. I will post after my appointment.
Thanks & Hugs,
Cassie

[raggedyann1]

Cassie,

I am sorry that you are feeling worse and worse. I hope your doctor can find the right meds for your med cocktail soon.

To my knowledge it is teh steroids that are given via IV to quiet the disease down quickly. The cyclosporin (sp :wacko: ) is a much stronger chemo than the methotrexate you are taking now, but I am not aware of it working quickly.

If your gamma globulins are not to high some doctors will do IVIG doses. There is new research on its effectiveness with lupus patients. Do a search in this forum for anisah IVIG and that should give you more info on that subject.


Take care,
Karen