i want to know about the range of treatments available for rhumatoid arthritis?
my wife(28) is on medication of a combination of medicines
methotraxte,hydro chloroquine,saazo and other supportive pills
for the last 3 years. she has not been cured of her pains but the pain is definitely under control.is this the best treatment?
Tagged with: 3 years • chloroquine • medication • medicines • pills
Filed under: Arthritis Medication
No, definitely not. Antibiotics should be added to anti-inflammatory and pain medications.
I have had seronegative rheumatoid arthritis for almost 27 years. The telling signs of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis are the following:
- Joint pain in the feet (or cracking ankles) in the early 20’s;
- Fatigue;
- Joint deformities of the fingers, a specific sign of rheumatoid arthritis;
- Negative or low level of Rheumatoid factor;
- X-Rays showing bone erosion, a consequence of rheumatoid arthritis;
- Generalized arthritis, involving the whole body;
- Elevated levels of C-Reactive protein and Sedimentation rate.
NSAIDs like Voltaren, COX-2 inhibitors like Celebrex, acetaminophen like Tylenol, and codeine are all used to control inflammation and relieve the pain of arthritis.
Regular exercise like walking, biking and swimming are also helpful for most patients. Make sure that your wife is not overweight as carrying too much weight can only increase the pain of arthritis.
Your wife should consult an Orthopaedist who will order blood tests, joint scans and X-Rays to better diagnose the type of arthritis from which she suffers.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (http://www.aaos.org) maintains a public online directory where you can find the address and phone number of orthopaedists who belong to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Orthopaedists are listed by geographic location and family name, inside the USA and in most countries.
The membership directory of the AAOS is located at:
http://www6.aaos.org/about/public/members.cfm
Lyme disease could be a possibility. Ask the doctor to test your wife for the bacteria causing Lyme disease.
Are there any other cases of arthritis or rheumatic diseases among your wife’s relatives? Chronic forms of arthritis are usually prevalent in families where a defective gene is passed on by parents to their children.
There are a few hundred types of arthritis and rheumatic diseases. The good news is that science is progressing rapidly in its understanding of rheumatic diseases.
Antibiotics are now used to achieve full remissions for at least 40%, if not 65% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. For more info, please join our group at:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/antibio
-in Ayurveda there are many medicines to cure rhu-arthritis so,you consult any experienced ved for it and these have no-side effects ,i have personal experience on this
There are a lot of medicines out there. But all of them you have to be careful!! Ask her doctor about them. One of the main issues is a high risk of getting a serious infection. so you’ll have to tell her doctor about any open cuts on her body, or if she had a sickness recently. I hope this helps.
I have the other arthritis, so i do know much about rheumatoid. I get this from watching commercials
I am 23 years old and was just recently diagnosed with RA… very hard to deal with. I take lots of fish oil, primrose oil and ginger root. It seems to help alot… it is very much a struggle every day and i’m trying very hard to stay away from medications.. i think the side effects are much worse then the arthritis itself.