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Rheumatoid arthritis management and medication

Good 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 needing more and more steroid doses. He’s been told he’s only allowed two courses of steroids in a year, however in the past 6 months due to the severity he has had two normal doses, 1 injection and now currently on an aggressive dose again, unfortunately he did find himself in hospital 2 nights ago with sever chest pain and breathlessness and was said that it was down to steroids.
Rheumatology have since come back and did they’ve been successful in getting him funding for biological medication.
Is there anyone with good bad ugly stories of the bio medication as anything we read about it is horrific. All I want is for him to feel like he has a purpose, be able to do things that he wants to do and overall his mental health to improve as it has taken a real knock with the drastic change in his ability to do things.

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