Sulfasalazine

[Eve]

Has anyone else had problems tolerating this?

Was fine at first but feeling very sick and dizzy and craving food (not like me!) and got a banging headache like a migraine but it won't shift with Migraleve.

Any help appreciated :)

[bednobs]

yes i did. However i persevered and by the time i got up to the full dose, i had stopped having headaches and puking yellow sick.
Are you on the full dose yet?
The other thing would be either to change to something more tolerable (unfortunately a lot of the RA drugs have similar side effects, or get some anti sickness pills from your gp.
My main advice would be to stick with it a week or so though

[Eve]

Thanks for your answer :)

Yes, am on 2 tablets twice a day now since last week.

I have some tablets for menieres (stemetil) so am taking them to help the sickness and dizziness.

I didn't realise at first I couldn't take my iron tablets with them so stopped them a few days ago which may not have helped.

I don't tend to eat much in the day, no breakfast and only eat lunch sometimes (they think the arthritis is potentially Crohns related so awaiting my gastro scans and such). Found on the net they need to be taken with food so making an extra effort now to eat with them though have been craving food the last few days.

I've plenty of migraleve and paracetamol if they don't work so will persevere.

Had my 2 weekly bloods done this morning so will see what they show up and back at clinic in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.