Health Boards
Wed-02-01-2013, 04:26 AM
An update.
I am now five weeks into treatment with DMF (240 mg three times daily with food and soy milk). I missed about four doses, mainly due to headaches. Side effects have abated, but the most irritating thing is that with my changed taste I find soy milk revolting (I have almost cut out wheat and dairy as both exacerbate my arthritis, so these things are not options for me at present). I did consider putting the DMF in enteric capsules prior to the side effects abating. On one occasion I chewed the crystals and held them in my mouth for about ten minutes before swallowing them and washing them down with soy milk. Two things followed: A nasty headache and a sore mouth, though the only thing I could see was a small red patch in the centre of my tongue. I guess this shows that DMF can be a local irritant and that the larger cyrstals eaten with food are absorbed more slowly.
The result has so far been good, with plaque area declining from over thirty percent to under twenty percent of body surface area. Overall plaque activity has declined by over ninety percent. I use creams on my shins, wrist, face and the back of my neck a few times weekly (previously daily to all plaques). I am also getting some full body sun exposure for twenty minutes twice a week, and I am swimming in the ocean at least weekly. The arthritis has been slower to respond, but I am no longer taking nsaids (previously ibuprofen 400mg twice daily with 500mg paracetamol).
From what I have read, the full effect of the DMF should be apparent in about another three to seven weeks. So far so good.
I am now five weeks into treatment with DMF (240 mg three times daily with food and soy milk). I missed about four doses, mainly due to headaches. Side effects have abated, but the most irritating thing is that with my changed taste I find soy milk revolting (I have almost cut out wheat and dairy as both exacerbate my arthritis, so these things are not options for me at present). I did consider putting the DMF in enteric capsules prior to the side effects abating. On one occasion I chewed the crystals and held them in my mouth for about ten minutes before swallowing them and washing them down with soy milk. Two things followed: A nasty headache and a sore mouth, though the only thing I could see was a small red patch in the centre of my tongue. I guess this shows that DMF can be a local irritant and that the larger cyrstals eaten with food are absorbed more slowly.
The result has so far been good, with plaque area declining from over thirty percent to under twenty percent of body surface area. Overall plaque activity has declined by over ninety percent. I use creams on my shins, wrist, face and the back of my neck a few times weekly (previously daily to all plaques). I am also getting some full body sun exposure for twenty minutes twice a week, and I am swimming in the ocean at least weekly. The arthritis has been slower to respond, but I am no longer taking nsaids (previously ibuprofen 400mg twice daily with 500mg paracetamol).
From what I have read, the full effect of the DMF should be apparent in about another three to seven weeks. So far so good.