Anyone have a good pain med for Rheumatoid Arthritis?I was recently diagnoised with RA and I am in horrific pain. My elbows and knees hurt terribly and in the morning my hands harldy work. The worst part is I am a mother of two small boys who are very active outside and want to play all the time with me! It hurts my heart so much when the pain is to much to do this with them. My primary DR. put me on percocet until I saw my Rhumatologist who didn't feel comfortable perscribing that to me so he put me on vicodin which is like taking Tylenol (it does nothing.) My primary wants my Rhumatologist to be in charge of my meds now but he doesn't get it like she did. Any suggestions? This is my fist time ever writing on something like this.
Thanks to anyone who can help!
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
I haven't ever had arthritis but my father has osteoarthritis, and he refuses to take drug medication for it. However, he swears by an over-the-counter product called Glucosamine, or also called Glucosamine & Chondroitin. He's 71 and he takes it on a daily basis, and is more active than me. He never complains about any side effects, and here's what I dug up on the net:
Taken from MedicineNet.com
Glucosamine should not be taken by people with a history of allergy to shellfish. Levels of the blood-thinning medication, coumadin, may be affected by chondroitin sulfate. Recent reports have shown that glucosamine might elevate insulin levels in diabetics.
-gigopicon
i dont understand how ur rheumatologist "doesnt get it", i think u need a new rheumatologist because a primary care doc cant treat your RA......u need to be on RA medication, and pain meds, not only pain meds cus they prolly wont work, atleast they dont really for me.....and pain meds deffinitely wont stop doint damage................for stress and depression try marijuana instead of psych drugs, it works for me....good luck
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