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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 12, 2023 | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
Replies to ""Deranged immune system"? Good Heavens, what's next?! You sound like a cantidate for Low Dose Naltrexone..."
I'm taking Actemra currently but Naltrexone has always intrigued me as something else to try.
I'm very open minded about these things. I used to tell my rheumatologist that prednisone can't be the only option. We tried many things until Actemra finally worked for me. If and when I ever need to stop taking Actemra, I will mention Naltrexone to my rheumatologist to see how she responds.
We had a great partnership and we kept our sense of humor. My rheumatologist couldn't stop laughing when I told her that my flares were more like voodoo. I had no idea what caused the pain. I was thinking someone had a voodoo doll with my name on it!
Actually "deranged" is a fairly common way of describing medical abnormalities not just the immune system.
https://khn.org/news/article/covid-autoimmune-virus-rogue-antibodies-cytokine-storm-severe-disease/
It sounds better than the immune system becomes "unhinged" and other terminology.
My personal favorite was that things were "running amok" as in violently raging, wild, or uncontrolled manner.