Originally Posted by
Velo Vol
I'm not sure how much lower my expectations can go.
Eight weeks of Rinvoq. Last week I thought maybe it was finally starting to kick in. The symptoms seemed to be stabilizing (albeit at 20 mg prednisone/day). I did three almost-normal 3-mile walks last week, including Friday night.
Overnight my knee blew up, to the extent I needed a crutch yesterday morning. I thought the flare up would resolve yesterday, but it was even worse this morning, requiring two crutches to get around the house.
It never ends.
If you have not done so, you may want to go get an opinion from a university hospital academic rheumatologist who specializes in challenging and/or tough to treat patients with RA. Be sure to bring a full history of your relevant labs as well as a summary of treatments you have tried and what they did/did not do for your symptoms.