I started with @Plaquenil and now 14 yrs later, im on 4 meds, Folic acid and a pain med. As your disease gets worse, they should be adding on more meds, one at a time. Im also on @Prednisone now for a flare up. This disease is so stressful as i just want to wake up one day pain free!

yeah..I take 3 different and a nsaid with a muscle relaxer..if its not working well enough alone u need to speak up and tell them "what else can we do this isn't enough?" and go from there that should be enough for the doctor to add something better or figure out another plan

I think what my doctors have told me is methotrexate has to build up over a period of 8 weeks and works best in conjunction with a biologic

Ask her for Medrol instead of the prednisone. They're both steroids and they both work the same but I have found that I have less issues and side effects with medrol.

I started with prednisone and MTX. Then after a month and half she doubled my MTX and my prednisone comes down 1 mg every two weeks. The prednisone is what gave me relief from the bad pain. As I slowly get to a smaller dose the pain is getting worse sadly :( but my dr told me it takes 2-3 months for the MTX to really work and for your body to get use to it.