OA-question

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Hello Everyone,

I had my doctor's appointment for my infusion of Remicade

today and the Doc. told me that my MRI showed that my RA is

inactive but that I also had OA. I am stunned that he said my

RA is inactive. I have had such a flare (of something) and was

really in a lot of pain for about 6 rainy weeks. He said it was due

to OA, told me they took the best medicine's off of the market and

there was nothing more than Remicade and Methotrexate that he

could do. I thought both of those drugs were to treat RA. He did

write me a script for a very mild pain medication but cautioned me

about taking it. Well...duh!

I had no idea that OA could be this painful. I have been blaming

this pain on RA. How do most of you handle OA pain? I was in

such pain that I did take leftover Vioxx for a couple of days to

help me make it through the day. There was no way I could do

the things that had to be done to help my hubby (who is a

paraplegic) without help, so I took the Vioxx with no ill effects

but a lot of relief. I have 3 more Vioxx pills and I am saving them

for another desperate day.

Hugs to all,

Pat (Kansas)