psoriatic arthritis info needed please a friend of mine has been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis as a result of trauma sustained in a car accident several years ago the psoriasis is under control but the arthritis part of the illness is not ansaid non steroidal anti inflammatory worked pretty well for three years but isn t helping much now my friend is now taking meclomen another nsaid but this isn t helping control the pain at all in the past two months my friend has also started taking azulfadine along with the nsaid medicines but the effects of the combined drugs aren t supposed to be realized for several months as a result of the pain my friend is having problems sleeping staying in one position too long is an ordeal another major contributor to pain is that tendonitis has now developed left thumb and hand with numbness at the base of the palm bottom of feet shoulders and outer thighs the tendonitis is quite painful yet my friend s doctor has not recommended any form of treatment to relieve it the latest twist is that the doctor has dropped the anti inflammatories and is now recommending prednisone the hope is that the prednisone will relieve some of the pain from the tendonitis my friend is a year old male who feels like he s his words not mine if anyone is aware of any new treatments for psoriatic arthritis alternative courses of action support groups or literature on it i would be extremely grateful if you could e mail to me if anyone is interested i ll post a summary to this newsgroup thanks in advance donna dmp fig citib com
