MJ and RA
I have been on Mounjaro since November 2023 and achieved normal BMI after 12 months. Prior to starting I was on medication for high blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis and within two weeks of commencing MJ my BP normalised and has stayed that way and I also was able to to come of methotrexate after about 6 weeks as I no longer had joint swelling or pain. I recently decided that I’d have a trial of coming right off MJ purely because of the cost and I am at around the two week mark since my last injection and the joint pain I experiencing has me barely able to move, similar to the original RA flairs. I have tried to extend the between my doses a few times before and the same thing has happened… I get to about day 12 and the joint pain becomes noticeable and by week 2-3 it becomes almost unbearable and I need strong pain killers. The MJ has been far superior for managing the RA to any other medication I have been on (hydroxychloroquine and methotrexate), neither of which I have needed for the last few years since I started MJ. Has anybody else experienced this?