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Name Trillium17
About Me Psoriatic Arthritis diag 2013. Hand issues since 2000. Major issue: Dactylitis (Fingers/Wrists). Sleep & drive in hand braces, by 2019 50% middle finger knuckles now deformed, some wrist issues. Weak grip. Meds/Supps: Doxycycline 100 mg/day, Sulfasalazine: 2000 mg/day, with occ'l breaks. Naproxen 500 mg prn, Transdermal estradiol 33 ug/day then Medroxyprogesterone 1 mg 7 days, Vit D 2000 IU (often found deficient), Vit K2 100 ug; B-Complex; Fish Oil 2000 mg; Liposomal Vit C 500 mg; Probiotic (plus addl Buffered Vit C powder for occ'l digestive issues); Glucosamine/ Chondoitin/MSM 1500/1200/200 mg; NAC 600 mg; Liq.Selenium 200 ug 3X/wk, Turmeric (95% curcuminoids) 900 mg. Glutamine 4.5 g/d in beverage. Some benefit from Multiforce Alkalinizing mineral supplement, taken at night. Have tried elimination diet, no food sensitivities. Have tried Boswellia 900 mg, LDN, Palmitoyl ethanolamine (PEA 1.2ug). Currently: reduced but not zero gluten, dairy, meat, sugar. History: In 2011-12 flaring small eczema & psoriasis patches. Oral steroids occ. prescribed, side effects very unpleasant. Several sinus infections, in 2013 stiff neck. History of community ivy-clearing in deer-filled woods, clearing very dirty (relative's house) elsewhere. In May 2013 one hand & one foot flare: two sausage joints. Injection with Triamcinolone 40 mg caused deformed joints in 1 week. Sudden onset of pain & inability to walk well, diagnosis: Plantar fasciitis. Rheums insisted mechanism of action of arthritis not infectious. Carpal tunnel surgery helped one hand for a time. Tried ibuprofen 1 yr (not wkg); naproxen (works) sulfasalazine (weakly helpful first year) plaquenil (6 weeks; not at all), one injection of methotrexate, after much research, discover this website. Allowed to try Doxycycline late Sept, 2015; after 3 wks definite response: walking with no pain. Issues with hands have continued off and on. Latest flare after an MRI.
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