Rheumatoid Arthritis Q & A

I take tramadol for my arthritis pain,but it realy does not seem to help much. Is tramadol also a good drug to be taking for the pain and inflamation?My doctor will not put me on any other medications like Humira; he says that I don’t need it, but sometimes my hands,hips and knees hurt really bad that i also have to take some tylenol arthritis to stop the pain.

I am a 45 year old caucasian female who was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis back when I was 23 years old. I have had 2 hip replacements 2 hip revisions a shoulder replacement and a thumb reconstuction. I was fortunate enough to go to a Homeopathic Institute last summer I was put through a series of tests and was diagnosed with Reactive Arthritis not Rheumatoid Arthritis. I seem to do get recurrent bladder infections and other infections. I do well on antiboitics and then I go off of them and I flare up again, My question is Can I Stay On Antibiiotics Permanently? Is there anything I can do to cut down on getting these infections? I am wearing down a little everyday and the pain is getting the best of me as well as the deforming I try to go to pool as much as I can., If there is any way I can help children with this disease please direct me to someone I can call to volunteer my experience in dealing with this disease If I can help one person I will have fulfilled my dream…Thank you For your time and help Tammy

Is the medication Limbrel an effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

We have a rheumatoid patient who has been receiving the Prosorba Column Treatment for several years, and it has greatly relieved her symptons. Manufacture of this column has been discontinued, and the columns will expire in July, this year. This patient has never responded to any of the drugs on the market. We wonder if you know of other patients in this predicament and what alternatives are available. I work in the apheresis unit that administers these treatments and have been unable to find answers for this patient. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.

My sister has a white blood cell count which is usally around 3,000 to 4,000 since she has been on methotrexate. She takes methotrexate injections 20mg per week. Could either of these or the combination of these two make her more susceptible to breast cancer. She recently had a breast biopsy done for a breast mass. Thankfully it came back negative. Should she talk to her rheumatologist about decreasing her MTX dose? or Is this totally unrelated?

My husband was recently diagnosed with low grade, non hodgkins lymphome which was in many places in his body. His oncologist suggested R-CHOP chemotherapy. He has had 2 treatments and has developed a cough which he describes is being brought on by a tickle in his throat. He tried antibiotic and cough meelp. Can this be a side effect of the Rituxin? What can he do to help the cough?