multiple myeloma and ra

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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I was diagnosed with RA at 33 and I'm now 45. The last few years thank god I have had what I would consider a minor remission(sedement rate 3, ra factor 260) however a few months ago I awoke with all over muscle pain or what I thought was muscle pain and when it didn't go away in 6 weeks I we...

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Re: Multiple Myeloma and RA
Katherine Curtis
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 12:58 PM

Dear Debbie,

Thank you for submitting a SharePost. This is a very important and timely question.

One of our site experts, Christine Miller, just wrote a relevant Blog about a new study linking TNF inhibitors with an increased risk of developing skin cancer.

Christine also wrote an earlier Blog about the potential serious side effects associated with new Rheumatoid Arthritis treatments.

Additionally, our site has information about the many different drugs used to treat RA and their potential side effects.

Please check out the Rheumatoid Arthritis discussion forum where there have been quite a few conversations about the RA drug side effects.

I hope you find this useful and please let me know if I can help you find anything else on our site.

Best,
Katherine

re: Re: Multiple Myeloma and RA
debbie
Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 05:53 AM

Thanks Katherine for responding so quickly, however aside from over the counter anti-
Iinflamatories the last time I was on something for my RA was two years ago and that was methodrexate and celebrex but with high liver counts I opted to go off all RA medications.

I did read Christine Millers information on the potential side effects of certain drugs and cancer but I don't know if that would apply to me at this point.

Thanks