Hydroxychloroquine vs LEFLUNOMIDE

It's amazing how many people suddenly have Rheumatoid Arthritis! Upon receipt of all Plaquenil scripts, I am verifying with the prescriber an on-label indication. I am informing prescriber and patient that if this is fraudulent, I will file a Board of Medicine complaint against the prescriber, and t

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Going to be a lot of these in the coming days I'm sure. You know what's really galling about hydroxychloroquine being on back order? The thing that really makes me angry? Not a single prescriber that has called me (and they ask for me specifically) has called asking if we have the drug for their pat

Is anybody else in the retail world starting to see a suspiciously high number of Ivermectin scripts all of a sudden?? Is this the next Hydroxychloroquine of 2020?

Had a doctor call in #180 for their entire family. He’s an eye doctor and it is clearly outside of his scope of practice. I’m an intern and none of my pharmacists know how to report it.

In the UK it's known as Humira, Trudexa, Amgevita, Hyrimoz, Idacio, Imraldi and Yuflyma. After about two years on Methotrexate and one year on leflunomide I was really worried about starting Adalimumab. The other two drugs ravaged my body for a long time and made me feel like less of a person. They

RA is unapologetially kicking my ass both directly and indirectly lately. It makes my life so inconvenient in so many creative ways that it's almost funny. So to both vent some frustration and hopefully give you all a chuckle, here are some of the downright ridiculous things that are pushing me to t

Hey, just going to share my story as a warning for others. I’ve been on mtx for years, with good effect and usually prepare my meds in a dispense pack so I’m not getting a bunch of tabs out every morning. Ironically, a big part of the reason I do this is to minimise the risk of accidental incorrect

I’m honestly feeling lost and scared for my mom right now. She was diagnosed recently with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis after suffering from joint pain for almost a year. Her rheumatologist started her on the following medications: 1. Methotrexate 15 mg (once a week) 2. Folvite 5 mg (daily exce

I'm in SO MUCH PAIN right now. Preface. Ha. Saw rheumatologist yesterday for follow up. On Rinvoq & Leflunomide. Rinvoq isn't the miracle I'd hoped it would be but I'm so tired of switching meds and I need a break from injectables. Trying to make it work. Using Celebrex/celecoxib as needed. So r

hi yall! 23yrs, seropositive & 2.5 years into diagnosis here! this is my first real post in the sub! i wanted to share some positivity that has finally come my way!!! after cycling through a plethora of treatments - methotrexate (which put me in the er & resulted in nearly 70lbs of weight lo