RE: Re: medication question/RA AND NSAIDS?

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no two people are alike differant things work differantly for them but I cann't help but swear by my chiropractor , I get where I can hardly walk and he does wonders for me but I allso have DDD and or severe spineal aritritis also . Others with it will not let one touch them .

john ( ps ) nite allLollipop girl <lollipop725@...> wrote: now if your RA factor

goes up or down.. does that mean anything? also, being that one of my drugs is an NSAID.. i usually see warnings on other medications saying if you are taking an NSAID check with the pharmacist first.. for simple things too, say aspirin, or stomach medicine.. what could happen if you took two types of Nsaids? IS there a drug that slows the progression of RA? does seeing a chriopractor help? i get a lot of pain in my neck and a dr just opened an office near my job and i thought i'd see him.. does that help at all?--- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , "Harold Van Tuyl" <hvantuyl@...> wrote: > > I don't think an anti-inflammatory does much if anything to slow the > progress of RA. I'm not medically trained so I could be wrong. Most > medications can have an effect on the liver or kidneys

or both so most of us > get regular blood work. Mine is every two months but I'm on Methotrexate > and Remicade so I have a higher chance of liver problems than the average. > If I start to have problems we want to identify it early so we can avoid any > real damage. Blood work can also show many possible problems with general > health. God bless. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rheumatoid Arthritis > [mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of Lollipop girl > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 7:25 PM > Rheumatoid Arthritis > Subject: Re: medication question >

> Thank you for the prompt reply I appreciate it. So I understand > that the Lodine is an anti-inflamatory, but does it also slow the > progression of the RA? > > Also, why does my dr do blood work every 3 months? what is that > supposed to do?- >

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I don't think the RA factor has any use except as an aid in diagnosis but

I'm not medically trained.

http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Home

From the link above you can learn a lot about many drugs and there is a

place to check interactions among drugs. Also any pharmacist should be able

to help you with information about interactions.

A DMARD (Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug) is intended to slow or stop

the progression of RA. This includes the newest class that are called

biologics.

A chiropractor might be able to help with many things but a bad one can

cause permanent damage. If you go to a chiropractor make sure they know

about RA and what extra things they need to be careful about. I've not been

to a chiropractor so this is just my opinion from what I hear from others.

God bless.

-----Original Message-----

From: Rheumatoid Arthritis

[mailto:Rheumatoid Arthritis ] On Behalf Of Lollipop girl

Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 8:02 PM

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Subject: Re: medication question/RA AND NSAIDS?

now if your RA factor goes up or down.. does that mean anything?

also, being that one of my drugs is an NSAID.. i usually see warnings

on other medications saying if you are taking an NSAID check with the

pharmacist first.. for simple things too, say aspirin, or stomach

medicine.. what could happen if you took two types of Nsaids?

IS there a drug that slows the progression of RA?

does seeing a chriopractor help? i get a lot of pain in my neck and a

dr just opened an office near my job and i thought i'd see him.. does

that help at all?---