Re: Re:New thread,autoimmune

Thank Harvey,
I'm not what you would call rich, but I do have very good insurance. I see
RoseB's note below, so you almost got it right;-))..I was looking for DMRD
on google and it wasn't to clear if that was what I wanted or not...thanks
for your message.
If I have RA, Wouldn't you think I would be aching in the mornings?, I
don't ever have pain when I'm not walking, even then it's mostly just weak
in the legs and I guess you would say the lower legs hurt a bit, hard to
describe.
I thought RA was a disease that you could have pain just sitting around. I
never had that.
Thanks for your reply...Nel


"Harvey R. Stone" <hrstone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Nel" <yanelgal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Thought I better start a new thread as that one started beginning of
July..

Harvey, what does DMRD stand for?

LOL,,,, I never get this right but I will get close.

Disease Modifying Rheumatic Drug
Harv
LOLOLOL,,, See,,, I told you I would get it wrong. Actually it is DMARD
and that is,,,, Hhhhm,,,, Disease Modifying Arthritis Rheumatic Drug,,,
I think,,,, LOLOL
It started out with Steroids and then they found out that Gold shots and
pills helped many people,,, then it was Gold and steroids,,, then it was
Methx with steroids,,, several came along then that were really for other
problems like Arava Plaquinel, Sulfasalizine, and others. Then came
Anti-tnf such as Enbrel, Remicade and a few more in that family. You
will read in this newsgroup about people using them because they had a
problem with Enbrel or Remicade. Each one is a little different or is
taken differently. All the latest medicines are very expensive and most
people are either rich or have very good insurance to be able to take any
of them. I take Arava now because I took it for a year after Methx stopped
working for me for the second or third time and it was a good year. At
the end of that year I cut back on the amount I was taking (on my own and
nearly lost my doctor because I did that) because I had a acid reflux
problem which the Arava made worse. It did not come back to working for
me when I started taking the full amount again. It was on to Enbrel
which has worked well for me for many years even when it has had to be
stopped several times for this reason or that reason. It always comes
back strong for me when restarted. The lesson in all this,,, Make sure
your doctor knows that you are taking the medicine he/she has precribed.
When things change in your body, the doc has to find out what to do about
it and if you have been playing with the amount your taking,,,,, it is
impossible for them to do. Wellll, thats enough out of me and others have
their own story to tell because we all react to the different medicines
differently and why the RDs make the big bucks.
Harv



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