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Do I need a rheumatologist to treat me, or just a general practitioner?

All rheumatologist near me are booked for 6 months or more....

Acupuncture anyone?

Has anyone used acupuncture for pain treatment for RA? Did anything strange happen? I don't want to shape your answers, just looking...

Tendon Nodules as first symptom?

Was anyone's first sign/symptom within the tendons? I seemly overnight developed trigger finger and thumb pain with a nodule at the thumb...

How common is lower back pain?

I'm sero-positive diagnosed Jan this year. On 15mg Methotrexate subculture weekly. Worked well until pharmacy filled Rx with drug from different company...

Why is prednisone not helping anymore?

I'm getting worried, my rheumatologist took me off my Orencia about 8 weeks ago to start on Xeljanz, we'll I just got...

Infusions

I am new to infusions. I began August 9th with Simponi Aria. I have had the very first infusion and I was...

New drug? Has anyone experienced Tofacitinib/Xeljanz?

Hi all, I'm new here having started treatment for RA in the last 6 months (man, it feels good to finally have...

TNF inhibitor

Greetings all! I'm hoping to hear others experiences switching from one TNF-inhibitor to another. A bit of background: I was diagnosed with...

What's next after an elevated RA Factor?

Waiting on referral to Rheumatologist....anxious and scared.... what if it is RA? My PCP did a lot of blood work at the...

Should we put off starting Methotrexate?

My husband is 39 and was diagnosed with RA about 5 months ago. He was told that he should start methotrexate immediately...

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