Low Dose Naltrexone

[tiredandwired]

Hi-

Brand new to this forum and interested in hearing others' experiences.

I was dx. with PsA Jan. 2014. I immediately went on the auto immune paleo diet and started Mtx8. I have significant shoulder tendon damage and cervical spine degeneration. I was on MtX8 for 14 months, in combination with Humira for 2 of those months. The Humira caused some infections immediately but the combo caused my WBC to tank. I took a break from the meds and have been on low dose naltrexone at varying doses for the past 2 months, at 4.5 mg. for the past 2 weeks. I went up rapidly to try and stay ahead of the increasing pain.

I'm not opposed to trying meds again but am wondering how long I should give LDN on it's own? Does anyone on this site take LDN with MtX8? I'm concerned that the combination of MtX8 and a biologic, in this case looking at Enbrel, will similarly impact my WBC. If so, maybe LDN can be used w/ Enbrel to reduce risk of antibodies?

[jiml]

Hi tiredandwired and   to the forum. I hope you enjoy your time here with us, as we are a small friendly group of sufferers sharing information on this disease.
LDN is not something I know about although we have 2 members who have used it but I'm afraid they haven't updated their threads lately so I'm not sure how effective it's been and I don't think it was taken with mtx but I could be wrong
Check out their threads at the links below  and ask on their thread your question and see if they respond
Low Dose Naltrexone LDN and Howdy
Glad to find this spot!

[Fred]

If you are looking for posts in this thread they have been moved to a split as this thread had been hijacked by a Troll. I will close this thread as it has not been posted in for almost a year.

You can find the split here: [split] Low Dose Naltrexone