Psoriatic Arthritis
"When I started otezla, I was having moderate arthritis affects. Right away I had head and neck pain. Throughout the 4 months I was on it, I lost 10 lbs, no appetite, nausea, bad flu flares, sometimes rapid heartbeat and no discernable relief. At 4 month mark I experienced a massive spasming of my scalp and neck muscles. As in tetany. You need your neck to sit up, lay down, walk, drive..I couldn&#039;t do anything. I like to think my pain threshold is high, but this brought me to my knees. I&#039;ve been on more Prednisone with otezla then ever before..just to counteract all the flares, tendon pain. I&#039;m off otezla now for 4 days, and still cannot move my neck properly. I hope with time it goes away. No benefits, lots of aggravation. Not a good med for"