Question regarding RA being treated with prednisone
Hi all,
New member here. I just discovered this site yesterday, and have spent quite a bit of today reading a lot of the posts related to Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have a couple of questions that I was hoping to get some help with.
My wife was diagnosed with RA about 7 years ago. Initially, she was treated with Prednisone, then was switched over to Methotrexate and folic acid. Everything was good until about two months ago, when she missed an appointment with her rheumatologist and her prescription for Methotrexate expired. Unfortunately, the doctor would not renew her prescription without seeing her, and the next appointment is in January.
My wife tried to work through the pain, but two days ago, it became too much. She went back to our primary care physician, who put her back on Prednisone (which my wife absolutely hates). Her pain seems to have subsided, which is a good thing.
However, after reading the posts on Serrapeptase, CMO, and other alternatives, I'm intrigued. Is it possible to supplement with the alternatives while taking Prednisone? Or is that not advisable? In a perfect world, I wish she didn't have to take either Prednisone or Methotrexate, and could take something like Serrapeptase and focus on more natural alternatives to reduce the pain of her RA. I am suspicious that both our Primary Care physician and my wife's rheumatologist are both fairly traditional (i.e. beholden to Big Pharma), so I don't think they are going to offer an outside-the-box solution.
Any thoughts?
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