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Angela

posted 10/02/2008, comments (3)

Celebrex

My rheumatologist wanted me to try taking Celebrex as needed for pain, or could take it twice a day if I needed to. We had a very rainy and cold spring, so I was having more stiffness than usual. I began taking the Celebrex and after a month of taking it I was in so much pain, that it seemed like I was a having a flare. My morning stiffness was... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 05/11/2008, comment (1)

Home Remedies for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Tart Cherries and Cherry Juice

The Home Remedy: Drinking tart cherry juice or eating tart cherries helps reduce arthritis pain and inflammation. The tart or sour cherry is also known as the pie cherry, Montmorency cherry or Balaton cherry. These are different from the sweet cherries commonly sold at grocery stores like Bing, Ranier and Lambert cherries. According to... Read more Chevron

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Gizelle Sullivan

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posted 05/04/2008, comments (5)

How I deal with RA in my every day life

I thought I would post a few things that in the last year since I first had symptoms has helped me cope with things. maybe you could respond with any really good ideas you have had for coping with this disease as well.. 1, Remembering medication, This one is a hard one for me. I take Celebrex daily, MTX... Read more Chevron

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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 03/05/2008, comments (0)

Prescription Drug Advertising: Are consumers better off?

Many years ago, the tobacco industry was told to cease and desist: No more advertising on television for cigarettes. It endangered consumers. And so we all lost that ride-along on the plains with that steady, strong cowhand, cigarette dangling from his lower lip as he swaggered across our television screens. A generation... Read more Chevron

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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 01/25/2008, comments (6)

Cox-2 Inhibitors Revisited, Again

A couple of months back I wrote a blog discussing the concerns I and many others have regarding the return of severe gastrointestinal side effects as a result of the increasing use of the so-called traditional anti-inflammatories. This is of course to be expected due to the fears so many patients have now of the sole COX-2 inhibitor remaining on... Read more Chevron

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