I am not sure what your symtoms are but I to have undifferentiated connecctive tissue disease. I started out on plaquenil but have added methotraxate low dose prednisone and arava to the mix.. My knees still feel like rubber and in the evenings i head to bed early. But it is helping with the pain dring the day. I just pray that the disease will eventually burn it self out.
That is what my rheumatologist mentioned that the next step would be methotrexate. I can't take any steroid drugs due to my Type 1 diabetes. I thought maybe I was having a flare but it has been almost 2 months now. I guess I'll have to put in a call to him but I am so scared of the methotrexate. Does it have bad side effects?
What are the symptoms of this connective tissue disease? I am having a horrible time with some joints, my CRP was high but my SED rate was totally normal.
I could swear I have rheumatoid arthritis! My symptoms are fatigue, swollen painful joints, my hands, feet and ankles swell up bad.My muscles hurt all over my body. I have lost strength in my hands, my husband has to open all the jars, soda cans etc. I do administrative work and by afternoon my hands hurt so bad from typing and it hurts to hold a pen and write. What symptoms are you having? My Dr did all the tests for autoimmune diseases and the only things that were abnormal were the Sed Rate and CRP.