Stelara diary

[D Foster]

D Foster: How long have you been on Stelara and how are you treating your arthritis if the Stelara isn't doing much for you?

I have been on Stelara about 5 years now but my PsA I am controlling the pain with Tramadol , the Stelara does improve it very slightly . I was looking at going on to the same as Fred but my derm wants to keep me on Stelara for the time being.

Dave

Wow 5 years on stelara and being effective on p sounds like a blessing. 
Dr prescribed me Celecoxib So will give that a go for the arthritis.

A lot of people knock MTX but it worked on the P up to 80% but was really good for the PsA for 9 years . Stelara has been a fantastic and has given me my life back because in the 12-14 weeks after I stopped the MTX I was covered virtually head to toe in P of all types of P.
I have been so bad in the past that I have been in hospital three times with the dam thing , the last time I was in for 8 weeks which was about 18 years ago now. Cyclosporine was one that I had and I thought I was dying on that the side effects were horrendous , Aceterin was another that was not good with ingrowing nails which I had to have removed in fact MTX was a life saver at the time.