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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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Lonie2 10/25/2015

I was diagnost in Feb 2014 with RA and then 2 weeks later with kidney stones. Needless to say its been very hard and painful dealing with them both. I tried methotrexate first but after 5 weeks
I had to stop my liver went crazy. After that minocycline because of all the kidney procedures. It did help my arms and hands a lot not so much my knees. I had to stop because of infections with the kidney procedures. I was in a lot of pain with no meds so they gave me a 6 day course of steroids I felt great for 4 weeks after that. But then its been nothing but pain since the first week of July my family doc gave me celebrex to hold me over till my rheumie appt which was 3 weeks later. It did nothing and I hate having to wait every 3 months to see rheumatologist. When I finally saw him he gave me plaquinel and I'm still in a lot of pain. I go to my next appt Wednesday. I hate this disease and the pain that goes with it I have asked questions here before and everyone has been so helpful. I was wondering if anyone has had any !uck with acupuncture. Thanks for listening!

piroshki 10/25/2015

Are you wnating to get help for kidney stones from acupunture? I'm kind of confused by whats yoy are saying but it sounds like you have a crazy liver from methortraxte, and then mibocycline and steroids and celebrex did nothing for you? So go see your doctor on Wednesday. Acupuncture don't make RA better. Maybe sometimes in some joints, but I think you are scarred. Try to relax when y ou see your doctor and trust she will help you. It's a long trip. Get a good drug that don't hurt your liver and you'll be ok.

Lonie2 10/26/2015

I was asking if anyone had any relief from RA pain from acupuncture. I know it won't make the RA better. My kidney stones are finally gone thank god. Do you have any experience with acupuncture because that was my question.

piroshki 10/26/2015

Sure, I have acupuncture and it seems good for a while but not for a long time. The pain comes back after a while for me.

JillieBean71 10/26/2015

Lonie, I have never used acupuncture for RA pain, as it is rather new to me. However, I did have acupuncture to ease muscle tension and rid me of severe tension headaches way back when I was in massage therapy school. There was an acupuncture physician that worked out of an office at the school. I went in with a headache I had had for 4 days straight and after one session, the headache was completely gone. I continued receiving weekly treatments for a couple of months and it was wonderful for reducing my stress levels and the muscle tension that went with it. I firmly believe that acupuncture does provide some benefits for some things, but as I said, I do not know if will help with RA pain. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try it out and see if it helps to relieve some of the pain.

PS I'd be wary of contestant #1

piroshki 10/26/2015

Miss jilly beans, you are being very mean.

Are you a massage therapist. Hey, h=guess what? I am a massage therapist. Do you know Jin Shin Do? It's like acupincture only pressure ponts instead of needles. Very good stuuf, but it doesn't always work with RA, just like acupuncture doesn't always work with RA, and you talk about it but never even try it. So if you goming to give me a bad time then I going to report you. Not nice, like it say you promise to be.

piroshki 10/26/2015

I am sorry Lonie2. I talked about something different.

Before, my point was that I have tried acupuncture with a very good acupuncture person, and it worked for a while but not for long.

Sorry I didn't understand you post at first. OK?

JillieBean71 10/26/2015

Sorry Lonie, for taking up space with this.....

piroshki, my response is on my own post entitled "I'm Sick"

Lonie2 10/26/2015

Jilliebean and pirozhki I'm glad you worked things out and I understand tempers are short when illness and pain are involved. Piroshki please read things and understand before you answer because I wish it was as simple as the doctor giving a drug and feeling better. RA sucks and is so hard to deal with and the drugs they use are just as hard to deal with that is why I was so interested in accupuncture no drugs involved. So if anyone has real experience with accupuncture for RA pain please let me know.

nonightshades 10/26/2015

I think it may be that simple Lonie2 but thanks to the wonderful pharmaceutical and insurance companies....it isn't that simple. Sounds like you have liver issues so when they do put you on a biologic for goodness sake keep a very close check on the blood work and switch bio's until you get one that'll work with your liver. Like piro says, it is a long road. I hope it shortens for you and all of us.

Lonie2 10/26/2015

No nightshades my liver
went back to normal when I stopped the methotrexate. I was just trying to find out if anyone has had any luck with accupuncture for the RA pain. From your lips to gods ear that finding a med that works for the RA is simple.

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