Repost: Criteria for Clinical Remission

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This is from Dr. Gotlieb's arthritis website ....

CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL REMISSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.http://www.arthritis.co.za/1. DURATION OF MORNING STIFFNESS NOT EXCEEDING 15 MINUTES. 2. NO FATIGUE. 3. NO SYMPTOMS OF JOINT PAIN. 4. NO JOINT TENDERNESS OR PAIN ON MOTION. 5. NO SOFT TISSUE SWELLING IN JOINTS OR TENDON SHEATHS. 6. ESR < 30 (FEMALE) AND <20 (MALE)~ REQUIRE 5 OR MORE FOR AT LEAST 2 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. ~ THERE MUST BE NO CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF ACTIVE VASCULITIS,PERICARDITIS, PLEURITIS, OR MYOSITIS OR UNEXPLAINED RECENT WEIGHT LOSSOR FEVER ATTRIBUTABLE TO RA.

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I found this old post re: criteria for remission, although it doesn't

address specifically " medicated " remission:

This is from Dr. Gotlieb's arthritis website ....

CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL REMISSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

http://www.arthritis.co.za/

1. DURATION OF MORNING STIFFNESS NOT EXCEEDING 15 MINUTES.

2. NO FATIGUE.

3. NO SYMPTOMS OF JOINT PAIN.

4. NO JOINT TENDERNESS OR PAIN ON MOTION.

5. NO SOFT TISSUE SWELLING IN JOINTS OR TENDON SHEATHS.

6. ESR < 30 (FEMALE) AND <20 (MALE)

~ REQUIRE 5 OR MORE FOR AT LEAST 2 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

~ THERE MUST BE NO CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF ACTIVE VASCULITIS,

PERICARDITIS, PLEURITIS, OR MYOSITIS OR UNEXPLAINED RECENT WEIGHT LOSS

OR FEVER ATTRIBUTABLE TO RA.

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Thanks. No one has ever told me about all of that. And I probably read it but it did not sink in.

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dbornscheu <dbornscheu@...> wrote: I found this old post re: criteria for remission, although it doesn't address specifically "medicated" remission:This is from Dr. Gotlieb's arthritis website ....CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL REMISSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.http://www.arthritis.co.za/1. DURATION OF MORNING STIFFNESS NOT EXCEEDING 15 MINUTES. 2. NO FATIGUE. 3. NO SYMPTOMS OF JOINT PAIN. 4. NO JOINT TENDERNESS OR PAIN ON MOTION. 5. NO SOFT TISSUE SWELLING IN JOINTS OR TENDON SHEATHS. 6. ESR < 30 (FEMALE) AND <20 (MALE)~ REQUIRE 5 OR MORE FOR AT LEAST 2 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. ~ THERE MUST BE NO CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF ACTIVE VASCULITIS,PERICARDITIS, PLEURITIS, OR MYOSITIS OR UNEXPLAINED RECENT WEIGHT LOSSOR FEVER ATTRIBUTABLE TO RA.--- End forwarded message ---

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Here is an old post about remission.

Fwd: Repost: Criteria for Clinical Remission

I found this old post re: criteria for remission, although it doesn't

address specifically " medicated " remission:

This is from Dr. Gotlieb's arthritis website ....

CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL REMISSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.

http://www.arthritis.co.za/

1. DURATION OF MORNING STIFFNESS NOT EXCEEDING 15 MINUTES.

2. NO FATIGUE.

3. NO SYMPTOMS OF JOINT PAIN.

4. NO JOINT TENDERNESS OR PAIN ON MOTION.

5. NO SOFT TISSUE SWELLING IN JOINTS OR TENDON SHEATHS.

6. ESR < 30 (FEMALE) AND <20 (MALE)

~ REQUIRE 5 OR MORE FOR AT LEAST 2 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.

~ THERE MUST BE NO CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF ACTIVE VASCULITIS,

PERICARDITIS, PLEURITIS, OR MYOSITIS OR UNEXPLAINED RECENT WEIGHT LOSS

OR FEVER ATTRIBUTABLE TO RA.

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