Rheumatoid Arthritis
"I&#039;ve been on sulfasalazine for just about 8 months. I started it as they advise--increasing dose each week until up to 4 per day. (for RA) It began working fairly well after a few weeks, however, by the time I got up to the full dose, I began to have a feeling of something stuck in throat-almost unable  croak out a sound.I&#039;m a professional singer/musician, so this was impossible. I immediately cut back, and it got better. I really wanted this to work, it&#039;s cheap and one of the safest RA meds.  Anyway, I was able to totally control my RA with 1 sulfasalazine and 2 plaquenil daily.Still hoarse/throat problems, and now fingers are peeling and sore. Time to switch to methotrexate to see if it gets better. :("