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Mycophenolate can be given together with methotrexate (RA), or other drugs like Humira (RA, Crohn's), Ofev (ILD), or Actemra (RA, ILD). Another simple alternative would be to try Ibuprofen. Low dose prednisone may also be prescribed for inflammation.
It all depends on your symptoms. Some scleroderma patients have only skin involvement, others Raynaud's, skin and lung, and others have joints, skin, and GI involvement, with possible progression to kidney. Peripheral neuropathy also may develop in the course of the disease (prednisone). Better to talk to your rheumatologist, if Mycophenolate alone is not working.