Deb, I think Sarah tried it but I am not 100% sure. I know that there are many unorthodox asian traditions of approaching diseases of all kinds. Never having had acupunture I cannot speak from a personal point of view, but I suppose in the case of acupuncture if the needle works use it.lol

I haven't tried it for RA, but I'm pretty sure there was another post a while back. You may have to go back a month or two.

I've tried acupuncture for a variety of things, most prominently for fibromyalgia, but I'd be really interested to follow this fellow's progress. I'd also be interested to learn what constitutes "treating the disease."

When I first started acupuncture, I did have insurance that covered it. That was a really good policy that covered massage, as well. Very unusual.

Yes, I tried a six weeek stint of acupuncture for RA. It didn't do squat for me, but then neither have a large amount of RA drugs.

Accupunture is a pretty non-nvasive procedure, and if you have the cash for it, I can't see a reason not to try it. My only caution would be that if you have agressive RA you may want to get on DMARDS sooner rather than later, perhaps in addition to acccupunture, to keep your joints from eroding.

Yep, tried it for a few months. I think what helped the most was laying in total silence on the table for twenty minutes. I'm not sure if it did much. I went to a Chinese doc, Dr. Wu.....It was expensive, not covered by insurance, so I wouldn't do it again. My husband did it for smoking cessation and it worked for him, or maybe just acted as a placebo. In the end, he started smoking again anyways.

In my humble opinion, you should do some studying as to how accupuncture works, why it works and just the basic philosophy. I know it is to basically let the energy flow in your body because when the energy is stuck, disease sets in. That's what ol' Dr. Wu told me. Geeze, I think I've tried most everything but a shaman. Maybe I should look one up in the yellow pages. It's amazing the stuff we do to get out of this rut we find ourselves in. On a fibro support group, they had a discussion going on coffee enemas. Nope, didn't read any of it because I was just too freaked out.

If you choose to get the acupuncture done, I hope it goes well for you. It's getting more westernized now and doctors are even doing it, so maybe that would be the thing to do. Good luck!

Kelleybme

I've tried it. I also started it around the same time I changed my meds so it could be both. I think it worked, but I couldn't continue because it's too expensive to keep up with. Some insurances cover it, mine doesn't. The place I go to gives me a discount because of my insurance. I'd recommend it, but it takes time and you have to go on a consistent basis to see results.