Health Boards
Mon-31-08-2015, 03:45 AM
Hi-
Brand new to this forum and interested in hearing others' experiences.
I was dx. with PsA Jan. 2014. I immediately went on the auto immune paleo diet and started Mtx8. I have significant shoulder tendon damage and cervical spine degeneration. I was on MtX8 for 14 months, in combination with Humira for 2 of those months. The Humira caused some infections immediately but the combo caused my WBC to tank. I took a break from the meds and have been on low dose naltrexone at varying doses for the past 2 months, at 4.5 mg. for the past 2 weeks. I went up rapidly to try and stay ahead of the increasing pain.
I'm not opposed to trying meds again but am wondering how long I should give LDN on it's own? Does anyone on this site take LDN with MtX8? I'm concerned that the combination of MtX8 and a biologic, in this case looking at Enbrel, will similarly impact my WBC. If so, maybe LDN can be used w/ Enbrel to reduce risk of antibodies?
Brand new to this forum and interested in hearing others' experiences.
I was dx. with PsA Jan. 2014. I immediately went on the auto immune paleo diet and started Mtx8. I have significant shoulder tendon damage and cervical spine degeneration. I was on MtX8 for 14 months, in combination with Humira for 2 of those months. The Humira caused some infections immediately but the combo caused my WBC to tank. I took a break from the meds and have been on low dose naltrexone at varying doses for the past 2 months, at 4.5 mg. for the past 2 weeks. I went up rapidly to try and stay ahead of the increasing pain.
I'm not opposed to trying meds again but am wondering how long I should give LDN on it's own? Does anyone on this site take LDN with MtX8? I'm concerned that the combination of MtX8 and a biologic, in this case looking at Enbrel, will similarly impact my WBC. If so, maybe LDN can be used w/ Enbrel to reduce risk of antibodies?