Information and opinions on health from Jitterbug at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/910304/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/910304/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/910304/index http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/910304/86174/ra Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:04:19 -0400 Jitterbug I'm a 21 year old girl and my mother has been living with RA for nine years now. The only thing she is taking for her RA is pain killers such as oxycodone and valuum for the pain. The doctors had her on methotrexate but it was making her too sick.  It is hard for me and her family to watch her suffer from this disease, but it is also hard for us to see her Mis-use her pain medication. It has gotten to the point to where we have to... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/910304/86174/ra