Rheumatoid Arthritis Expert Michael Makover shares Rheumatoid Arthritis management news and commentary at MyRACentral.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.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/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858 http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858 http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/40224/drug Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:29:00 -0000 Michael Makover Read History of the development of drug treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Part 1   DMARDs, (for Disease Modifying AntiRheumatic Drugs) go beyond just relief of symptoms. To varying degrees, they actually stop and sometimes even reverse the disease process. There are many kinds of DMARDs, most of which are still used. Some are based on gold salts. Others are adapted from other diseases, such as one originally developed for malaria... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/40224/drug http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/40264/drug Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:35:00 -0000 Michael Makover Today rheumatologists (arthritis specialists) have powerful tools to help patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but it was not always like that. Imagine that you are one of the world's greatest painters and one day you become increasingly fatigued and your hands become stiff, swollen and painful. After years of suffering, the toll on your system causes severe wasting, partial paralysis and frozen, distorted joints. Or, suppose you are the... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/40264/drug http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/34734/guide Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:04:00 -0000 Michael Makover It starts with a little stiffness in the morning. Over time, both hands are involved and the stiffness takes hours to get better and never really goes away. You feel fatigued and don't know why. Then the middle joints on your right hand begin to be a little swollen, tender and painful. A few weeks later, the same joints on the other hand develop the same symptoms, like a mirror image. You do not know it yet, but you probably have rheumatoid... http://www.healthcentral.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/c/92858/34734/guide