FeaturedRA and Cold WeatherHow does the cold weather impact your symptoms? Have you found anything that helps manage pain and stiffness during the winter season?...reactions46repliesFlares & Flare ManagementTips & AdviceWeather
FeaturedStress with RA! What do you do to shake it off? Stress is a killer, everyone knows that but for people like us with RA, stress is even worse. It can trigger our illnesses and make an already bad situation even...reactions219repliesTips & Advice
Active todayNew member hereGM All, New member here, looking for support and discussion of issues. I am 59yr old male that was diagnosed with RA on January 3rd 2025. My RA is primarily...reactions22repliesFriends & FamilyNewly Diagnosed
Active todayRheumatoid arthritis management and medicationGood afternoon all, my partner was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis age 27. He is now 31, has had all the usual Methotrexate, Hydroxychloroquine, but as it is progressing he is...reactions2repliesBiologic Medication
Active 5 days ago Compression fractures with RAHas anyone had a compression fracture in your back? About four years ago, I had T 7,8 just crush like a soda can, as my dr put it. They did...reactions2repliesTips & Advice
Personalized Medicine - Testing what Drug will Work for YouSeveral years ago our contributor Andrew wrote this article on the need for tests for individualized treatment: https://rheumatoidarthritis.net/living/individualized-diagnostic-tests. Since then the PrismRA, which tests for if anti-TNF drugs are less...reactions4repliesTreatmentBiologic MedicationResearch & Clinical Trials
Extreme and oppressive tiredness with EnbrelI like Enbrel. It works for me and keeps RA symptoms at bay. However , I sometimes get him with an extreme and oppressive tiredness after taking (within an hour...reactions7replies
Will I be in pain for the rest of my life? Is there any medication that truly works? reactions6replies
acceptable amount of time to see rheumatologist when serious change occursjust wondering if anyone has an opinion on this... started having much worse pain in both knees, much worse in right.. swelling, hard to walking was difficult to put it...reactions23repliesHealthcare TeamProgressionSymptomsTips & AdviceVenting
Why is the inflammation also on my face? My eyes are swollen and the whole face is as well reactions4replies
Steroids and tramodol Just been diognoised with RA and doctors but me on steroids prenesonol and tramodol I’m very overwhelmed with it all I havint slept properly for 5 days and I’m very...reactions3repliesDiagnosis