How long does Rinvoq take to work?
Hi! My name is María and I'm on a year and two months flare now. It mostly affects my knee so I can't walk much or function normally. I use crutches, a wheelchair or have people drive me places. I've been on Rinvoq for more than 8 months now, combined with prednisone, etoricoxib and methotrexate. I'm getting worse and worse. Should the treatment plan have worked by now. Here in Spain we have public healthcare and I have an appointment with the doctor in January but I can't contact her right now.
Hello
, I'm so glad you reached out. While Rinvoq can take awhile to reach full effectiveness, eight months is certainly a long time to be on it with no relief or results. In fact, most people who find Rinvoq helpful will notice a difference by 12 weeks. I'm glad to hear that you have an upcoming appointment with your doctor, but I wish that you didn't have to wait until January. In the meantime, I wanted to share this article from one of our health leaders with some of her natural pain management techniques, https://psoriatic-arthritis.com/living/natural-pain-relief. I'm not sure what you've already tried, or if any of these will sound appealing to you, but I wanted to share just in case. Please know that our community is here for you, and, keep us posted with how you're doing. Sending you gentle hugs. -- Warmly, Christine (Team Member) Thank you so much! I was able to write an email and my doctor kindly offered seeing me without an appointment this Friday!
My experience with JAK inhibitors, Xeljanz and Rinvoq, was that they began working relatively quickly, within two to three weeks. But my case is not as severe as yours, and as such, it may simply take longer. However, eight months seems to me to be sufficient time to maybe seek out an alternative medication.
I see. Thank you for sharing!
