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pharrell

pharrell

pharrell

Friday, January 04, 2008
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I am a 49 yo female- was dx with RA July 2005 and was on Prednisone, pain meds, then Methotrexate then upped all meds and still no relief. I asked my RA doc to HELP that nothing was working, I felt like I had burning arrows stuck in my shoulders.. swelling 3x in wrists, knees,and ankles. I called the...
  1. Your RA
    Perry Tomlinson
    Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 03:56 AM
    Hi Pharrell interesting you talk about ph level,I beleive ph level should be about 7.35 ,to test buy litemas test kit for saliva+urine ,also check vit d ,need a blood test for this,vit d creates a path for other vit to enter. I have had ra for a few years, was allso on heavy duty drugs,dont get to strict on diets for instance potatoes are full of potassium. eat normally more fish salmon is the best,I personally went down resticting food , no good .I dont take any more drugs was on over 2000mg a day becarefull some anti inflams help ,but allso  can damage bone structure ,I enjoy a glass of red with a few other natural things and now only have little pain or none
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  2. RA drugs
    pharrell
    Friday, January 11, 2008 at 09:07 AM

    wow.. how did you get off meds again? were you on a biologic too?

    what is your age and how long did it take to get off some meds?

    sorry for ???

    were you on 2000 mg of  vitiman D? have you heard of Vitamin 3?

    thanks for any encouragement or help!! Pam

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