Previous / Current Medications & side effects

Previous Medications to help manage RP:

- Prednisone (range from 40 mg to 1 mg throughout the course of about one year)

  • Side effects included night sweats, purple spots on skin, weight gain, moon face, mood swings, fatigue, feeling sad, over-energized, in a constant state of mind rush, hungry all the time

- Methotrexate

  • Side effects included nausea, diarrhea, dizziness, soft stool

- Rayos Prednisone 

  • Night sweats, maintained the weight & moon face, mood swings, feeling sad

- Leucovorin Calcium 

  • No side effects

 

Current Medications to manage RP:

- Methotrexate (25 mg) once a week (taking 10 pills/2.5 mg)

  • side effects include diarrhea and soft stool. 

- Leucovorin Calcium - 8 hours after taking Methotrexate

- Hyrimoz (40 mg) once every two weeks

  • Side effects include runny nose, congestion in the nose and throat, feeling as if I am in a constant state of having cold like symptoms, clearing of throat and cough, feeling tired

 

Other symptoms since being diagnosed with RP and starting medications:

  • joint pain (shoulders, wrists, hands, knees)
  • rib cage pain
  • back pain
  • neck pain
  • feeling tired (anemia)
  • low energy
  • feeling sick most days

 

Medically diagnosis before RP:

  • Migraines
  • Mild Asthma