Re: medication question/RA AND NSAIDS?

[Guest guest]

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?-

>

[Guest guest]

>

> 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?---

You might want to check out the arthritis foundation website at

www.arthritis.org .

They have lots of information regarding the different types of

arthritis and symptoms as well as the different drugs and what they do.

Regarding the RA factor--it is only an indicator--about 20% of people

with RA don't have a positive RA factor (I'm one of those). Also, a

person can have a positive RA factor and not have RA. So, doctors use

it as a tool in diagnosis, but its presence is not a sure indication

of RA, nor is its absence a sure sign that you don't have RA.

Hope this helps--

dordale