Rheumatoid Arthritis in the News: Rituxan Success

July 27, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 21 Comments Biologics for RA, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment, Rituxan for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mountain Climbing With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Every day I peruse articles and journal abstracts, updates and tweets about Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment. Maybe that is why I get so behind with emails or other blogs I’d like to read... I think I am straining to see the future. What is next around the bend? From where will...Continue reading 21 Comments » Read more

Can I Delay Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis? part 2

July 24, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 83 Comments History of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Is it safe to delay Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment? If you re-phrase this question six different ways, and search using Google, you will get a lot of good information about why Rheumatoid Arthritis treatment should NOT be delayed. So, I guess that’s the Google-vote. But most of us do not make decisions based upon a Google-vote. We...Continue reading 83 Comments » Read more

Rheumatoid Arthritis Requires Disease Treatment and Symptom Treatment

June 24, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 31 Comments Biologics for RA, Comprehensive RA Care, Enbrel, Humira, Methotrexate, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

There is a difference between disease control and symptom control for Rheumatoid Arthritis. There is no Rheumatoid Arthritis cure. You probably gathered that from yesterday’s funny blog. However, there are medications which can curb many of the effects of RA by actually cutting back the activity of the immune cells. These are the medicines referred to as DMARDs: disease...Continue reading 31 Comments » Read more

The Controlled Burn Strategy of Disease Control for RA

June 21, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 6 Comments Courage & living with RA, Enbrel, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Rheumatoid Arthritis medicines work like a controlled burn Here in Central Florida, wildfires are a regular problem. Sometimes, it rains down cinders when the fires are miles away. Creepy until you get used to it. However, I have seen several fires in my own neighborhood that were out of control. One season, we got used to going...Continue reading 6 Comments » Read more

The Four Courses of Rheumatoid Arthritis, part 2

June 14, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 21 Comments Palindromic Rheumatism, Rheumatoid arthritis remission, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

Once you have looked over the four courses which Rheumatoid Arthritis may take, you might wonder, so what? Does the course of my RA make a difference to my treatment? Do I have any influence on which course my RA will take? That is the 64 million dollar question. And the answer is this: MAYBE. All of the currently used DMARDs...Continue reading 21 Comments » Read more

Pyramid Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis Trashed

June 9, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 30 Comments Biologics for RA, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

RA treatment: Pyramid v. Surge OOPS! If you’ve read many books or articles on the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, you may have heard of the treatment pyramid. During past decades, this was the general treatment plan for all RA patients (regardless of disease course type). Here’s a brief summary of what is was like to climb the...Continue reading 30 Comments » Read more

RA left my glass half-full: Changing Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicines

May 18, 2009May 17, 2018 Kelly Young 8 Comments Enbrel, Humira, Professional patient, Rheumatoid arthritis treatment

I knew the glass was half-full from RA. Two months ago, I could do about half of what I could do before RA. The doctors kept saying my Rheumatoid Arthritis should be getting even better. I really wanted that, too. The doses of my RA medications were as high as they could go: Humira weekly (that's a...Continue reading 8 Comments » Read more

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