Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
Hi all - Holding steady with symptoms under control on Kevzara and bloodwork not concerning enough (yet) to stop doc from renewing my scrip for another 3-6 months anyway. :) I am curious though if anyone else is taking it? I know I'm not on here a lot, but I don't recall seeing it mentioned AT ALL! If anyone else out there on it, I'd love to hear if you are experiencing any side effects. What I've developed over the last 2-3 months is a pretty small, but consistent nosebleed. Not like a running bloody nose, but bleeds in my nostrils then dries and scabs until it bleeds again and I have blow, causing the bleed again and so on and so on. Sorry for the gross TMI, I don't know how else to explain it nor can I can I think of any other reason for it but the Kevzara possibility.
I suppose it could be causing the minor nosebleeds. My nose bleeds like yours, all winter. I was told it was my allergies to mould, dust and so forth. I'm also using a fairly new nasal spray called Dymista, which has both cortisone and an antihistamine. It's really helped. You should ask your doctor to try it.
It's amazing how much better I feel in 2 days. Of corse the problem is that the flare in my left ring finger, the reason I started Plaquenil in the first place, is returning.
Cant win for losing! But I feel a lot more like myself off the Plaquenil!