I’m publishing this article for several reasons. One, it is yet another cautionary tale about those endless drug ads you see on TV; and two, RA affects women disproportionately, and we need this information. Men also may have women in their lives who should know more about the drugs recommended for them in the doctor’s [...]
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Chemical name: Tacrolimus Brand names: Prograf, Hecoria This is another entry into Big Pharma’s arsenal to keep up as our immune systems develop a tolerance for one biologic after another. It is recommended for treatment of transplant rejection, Crohn’s Disease and, increasingly, other inflammatory autoimmune conditions like Rheumatoid Arthritis. Here is a link to the [...] The Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatism reported last month that even if you are taking MTX, are symptom free, and have been pronounced in remission by your physician, you can still sustain joint damage. In the past we’ve talked about the corruption of the word ‘remission’ as it is now applied to RA. Remission used [...] Automobile accidents are no longer the most common cause of accidental death in the U.S. That distinction now belongs to legally prescribed drugs, both prescription and over the counter. A number of drugs on the list of horrors are used for pain control by those of us with Rheumatoid Arthritis. We’re used to thinking [...] It’s happened again. An acquaintance told me about his mother’s death which was attributed to pneumonia. What actually happened was that her prescription medication made her so sick that she vomited and aspirated, which means that she inhaled the gunk from her stomach into her lungs causing her lungs to fill with fluid. That allowed [...] There is always mention of ‘leaky gut’ whenever there is a discussion of RA. According to most physicians it is strictly a theory and one that’s not very relevant at that. (You expected something else?) But according to many with autoimmune disorders, it is a fact of life. Who should we believe, how do [...] TV personality Deborah Norville said that her mother died prematurely “from Rheumatoid Arthritis.” With all due respect to Ms Norville, no one dies from RA. Like osteoarthritis and many other non-fatal conditions among the genetically susceptible (e.g., Down’s Syndrome, mental illnesses), RA is more a disorder and less a disease. All of us [...] |
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