I would say that it took as long as two months for it to leave my system, but it was a medication that required monthly shots. Slowly-but-surely, I did feel better though.

Thanks for the reply Kelly. I am going on 6 months of being in constant pain with it not seeming to really improve. My first bout of Drug Induced Lupus the pain improved after a few months as well. My Dr. is probably right and I have something else going on as well. I have read where surgeries can trigger autoimmune diseases so maybe that is what happened with me. Hopefully I can get some answers. It is no fun feeling like I have the flu (minus the fever) for six months straight.

@fox940 when I experienced it, it definitely felt different from the flu, but the telling thing I experienced was that I expected the flares. There was a definite cyclic nature to the bouts I would experience. Be sure to keep a journal and bring it with you to appointments.