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It’s flu season again, have you had the vaccine?
October is the beginning of flu season and medical offices, hospitals and clinics, schools and employers around the country are now offering the flu vaccine, either through the "flu shot" or a nasal-spray called LAIV (FluMist®). You might be wondering why I am writing about the flu vaccine on an RA webpage. It's because people with RA and other chronic conditions are at higher risk for developing the flu and complications from the flu, especially those of us who take immunosuppressant drugs lik...
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Expert & Community Posts
Ask the Expert: Are There Any Diets You Can Recommend to Reduce the Symptoms of RA?
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...flare-ups? Answer: The approach to controlling rheumatoid arthritis through dietary... Read more »
Ask the Expert: Preventing RA Symptoms with Birth Control Pills?
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health ExpertDear Dr. Borigini, I'm newly diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. After doing only preliminary... Read more »
A New Drug May Protect Bones in People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...drug also seemed to protect bone from erosion in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Denosumab is... Read more »
Exercising with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Know Your Options
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health ExpertA number of my rheumatoid arthritis patients have approached me about exercise: Is it safe? Will it... Read more »
The Promise of Actemra to Relieve Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...that showed its effectiveness in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid... Read more »
Health Guide
Surviving A Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare
...of The Flare Factor and leave a comment! Read all of Sara's Posts Visit the Single Gal's Guide to Rheumatoid Arthritis Read more »Rheumatoid Arthritis Doesn't Boost Risk for Hearing Loss
...(HealthDay News) -- In a finding that contradicts previous research, a Mayo Clinic study says that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) does not increase the risk of hearing loss. The study included 29... Read more »Celebrating the Holidays With Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain
...Sara's Holiday Madness and leave a comment! Read all of Sara's Posts Visit The Single Gal's Guide to Rheumatoid Arthritis Read more »Rheumatoid Arthritis Reading List
One of the best things a patient can do after being newly diagnosed with a condition- rheumatoid arthritis or otherwise- is to start learning about the condition and to keep learning about the... Read more »How to Use This Site
Welcome to MyRACentral! Living with rheumatoid arthritis can be painful and isolating. However, you're not alone; RA is the second most common form of arthritis, and affects millions of Americans.... Read more »Images
Medications
...Azathioprine is also used to treat patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis who have not... Read more »
...delayed-release tablets of sulfasalazine are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.... Read more »
...(an-a-KIN-ra)Uses This medication is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis that has not... Read more »
...(e.g., rest, physical therapy) to treat active rheumatoid arthritis. It is used to treat... Read more »
...by an overactive immune system (e.g., psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis). Methotrexate has caused... Read more »
Related News
Clinical trial: Effects of different doses of a new RA drug
October 02, 2008This is a study to assess the effectiveness of different doses of a new med, R788, on rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. This international study is... Read summary »
Hope for Childhood Arthritis
May 05, 2008CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- We think of arthritis as something that hits when we get old. But it can strike kids, too. One type can leave... Read summary »
New RA drug works as well as Enbrel in a new study
October 02, 2008Researchers have found that a new experimental drug may work as well as Enbrel on symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In a recent study on mice,... Read summary »
T-cell vaccination for RA shows promise in clinical trial
October 02, 2008A trial conducted in China has found that a T-cell vaccination reduced joint tenderness and swelling in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The... Read summary »
Cimzia reduces RA joint damage in recent study
October 02, 2008A recent study has found that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who took a combination of Cimzia and methotrexate showed less structural damage in... Read summary »
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