Hello My name is Jeremy I am a 37 year old man and I have rhumitoid arthritis, Fibramyiligia, and Lupus. I am always having a flare up of one of the 3 dieases and some times I am not able to tell witch one is the cause I am taking Enbrel and methotrexate for this and was taking prednisone for inflammation I have stoped taking the steroids due to the way they made me feel and the side effects they seemed worse then the swelling but what my question is I was wondering if ther was a different medication that would work for all three problems with less side effects I am also on pain medication and see a nuroligist and pain management doctor that has put me on some medication for pain most are opiates but I have not haad my pain controlled like he has it in over 5 years I just do not like the side effects of the medications for the diease qnd it does not seem to help with the lupus and a new thing has started and it is my head I get this feeling like my head is brused really bad and it hurts to touch and when I go to comb my hair it almost brings tears to my eyes and I am just concwrend being so young how is this dieases is going to effect me later in life and I really don't like the meds they just make me feel sick and I don't want to take nothing and destroy more of my body or death my aunt died from rheumatoid arthritis it went into her heart and died at 42 but this was years ago and they were giving her gold shots for her RA. Is there anything else out there that can help without side effects so bad ? sorry for the long question Thank you
Jeremy