Does anyone take Zogenix?...I take less Norco now than I did over ten years ago so I do not consider myself to be high risk for addiction.Don’t even comment on the expense....Reactions0reactionsComments2 replies
FeaturedConversation of the Week: RA & Support Animals...-Reach out to your support system on days you might need a little extra help, caring for your animal....Reactions0reactionsComments37 repliesCopingTips & Advice
Diagnosed but not sure...My hand grip definitely feels weak though, and it's difficult for me to make a tight fist, especially in the morning....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesNewly Diagnosed
RA help- side effects coping...I have a new / non temp job and told I am doing great and was given my preffered shift, I still start dreading going in around dinner time or...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
RA diagnosis without positive RA blood test...I have many symptoms of RA including a high CRP test....Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesSeronegative RA
RA Treatment Questions ...Hi, my name is Katie and I am a high school senior doing a final research project on RA treatments and focusing on biologic medications....Reactions0reactionsComments4 repliesAwarenessFriends & FamilyBiologic Medication
Enbrel. Now Humira. Loads of Prednisone daily....My hands was so painful, I wasn't able to pull my pants up after using the bathroom. I couldn't squeeze toothpaste out of the tube. Crying pain....Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesBiologic Medication
Should I get tested or let it wait.......It started when I pressed on the cabinet handle to open it and felt a twinge....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Unknown diagnosis ...The only thing that my symptoms respond to is high doses of steroids. My rheumatologist keeps blowing the blood work off as nothing unusual....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesDiagnosis
Does anyone else also have cardiomyopathy?...Hence, high BP as the body adjusts along with elevated red blood cells to carry more oxygen. The body is truly amazing!...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Just Diagnosed at 43...I have a high RF factor and a week positive CCP. I'm terrified! I keep reading about all of these people being debilitated....Reactions0reactionsComments3 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Help my dad!!!...I am not able to do. I have tried doing that. But nothing worked.Suggest me a solution that I should be doing in this situation. Thanks in advance....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTreatment
Diagnosis ...I have not slept the past two nights due to the stiffness in the pain. My blood work shows my anti-CCP is at 39....Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesDiagnosis
Upper Body Strength...arms and shoulders are strong and that isn't the issue I'm having - it isn't even a weakness in my wrist but is just the specific motion where there is...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesSymptoms
First rheumatologist visit...said interrupted sleep can make pain seem worse (even though I told him I got WAAAAY worse sleep before my bladder sling when I was waking 6 times a Reactions0reactionsComments7 repliesTreatment
Sneezing and Earache...started about 3 weeks ago, and I say earache, because I don't know how to explain it, but it's not so much pain as discomfort, particularly around loud, high...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesSymptoms
I hate RA!!!...I tried to brush off the side effects and go about my daily business and learned very quickly that I'm not going to be able to continue as I...Reactions0reactionsComments4 replies
Can anyone help?...Hoping for a way forward to be able to have some quality of life living with these conditions. Thanks for any help?...Reactions0reactionsComments23 repliesNewly DiagnosedBiologic MedicationTips & Advice
Can you be in remission for 20 years +?...I have loss strength in my right hand/finger's it hurts to do the smallest of things anymore....Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesNewly Diagnosed
Just diagnosed...Blood work showed a RA factor of 6 out and a high 3.86 CRP....Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesNewly Diagnosed
