WHEN YOUR RA IS NOT IMPROVING It is easy to get frustrated when you feel that your RA is not getting better despite your best efforts to follow your treatment plan. Since there are many different treatment options, it is important to maintain hopeful and never give up if your RA continues to gie you …
I FEEL BETTER—CAN I QUIT MY RA MEDICATIONS? When your rheumatologist finds a good medication regimen for you, the activity of your RA may decrease to the point that you have a dramatic improvement in your symptoms. In some cases, RA may go into remission, which means that the disease process goes completely inactive. In …
HOW DO I KNOW IF MY RA MEDICATIONS ARE WORKING? RA medications are better than ever, but may take time to work. In many cases, medications have to be adjusted or changed until your doctor finds the right regimen for you. It can be a slow process, but here are some ways for you to …
GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR RA MEDICATIONS With recent advancements in treatment, RA has gone from being a devastating diagnosis to a manageable condition with a potentially good outlook. With the right treatment plan, you can stop RA’s destructive process and save your joints. This will depend mostly on finding the right medication(s) to work …
MEDICATIONS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA) There are several classes of medications for rheumatoid arthritis. In the past, there was no way to stop RA, and treatment was geared towards symptom relief. Fortunately, we now have medications that can reduce disease activity and even achieve remission where the disease becomes inactive, preventing long-term joint damage. Here …
YOUR BLUEPRINT FOR TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS To achieve your goals in managing rheumatoid arthritis, you need a plan of action. Here is a general framework to help you: Confirm your diagnosis: The treatments for rheumatoid arthritis include powerful mediciations that can have significant side effects. You must make sure that your doctors have tested …
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TREATMENT GOALS FOR RA RA is a chronic disease with no cure, and symptoms can come and go with various ups and downs. Treatment used to be limited to simple symptom relief, but with new medications, we now have the ability to prevent joint damage in the long term. Up to 80 percent of people …
