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Refractory RA – When Treatments Fail to Work
struktura infliximabu (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is becoming increasingly clear that a substantial proportion of RA patients fail to respond to the more common treatment regimens including combinati… more →
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Refractory RA - When Treatments Fail to Work
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wrote 1 month ago: struktura infliximabu (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is becoming increasingly clear that a substantial … more →
FDA Approves Actemra for Children with Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
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wrote 1 month ago: tocilizumab April 30, 2013 Roche announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ha … more →
Knowing When It’s Time to Switch RA Medications
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wrote 2 months ago: A weird thing happened at my Actemra (tocilizumab) infusion last Friday…I was dog tired and st … more →
Sub-Types of Rheumatoid Arthritis?
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wrote 2 months ago: My rheumatologist believes that I may have a combination of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing … more →
Maximizing Your Doctor Appointment
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wrote 3 months ago: A recent blog post from Lene got me thinking about an appointment with my rheumatologist tomorrow. S … more →
Why Do I Feel So Bad With RA? – Cytokine Induced Sickness
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wrote 3 months ago: I’m currently sitting in an infusion center getting a dose of Actemra. This is a double dose, … more →
Traveling with RA
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wrote 3 months ago: With RA, routines are a necessary fact of life in order to function. But those routines may get push … more →
The High Cost of Biological Medicines
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wrote 3 months ago: The other day I ran into a friend who asked how my new RA treatment was going. He knew that I starte … more →
Up and Down - Doubling Down
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wrote 4 months ago: I started Actemra infusions in early December 2012. After trying four biological treatments over the … more →
A Pain in the Neck: Swollen Lymph Nodes and RA
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wrote 4 months ago: The past few weeks have been a real pain in the neck literally. The lymph nodes under my jaws and ne … more →
Tempered Hope
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wrote 5 months ago: The sun was out in full force in Seattle today. In fact, it’s been a good week of sunshine and … more →
I forgot I had a blog {& then I remembered}
wrote 5 months ago: Starting fresh. I am embarrassed that it has been 9 months since I’ve posted anything. I … more →
Actemra
wrote 5 months ago: Last Thursday, I started my first round of Actemra. I was a little apprehensive because this meant t … more →
RA-flections for 2012
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wrote 5 months ago: As the New Year comes upon us, it’s time to reflect on the previous year and consider the upco … more →
Unplanned Costs of RA
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wrote 6 months ago: While sitting in the infusion clinic a few days ago receiving my first dose of Actemra (see photo), … more →
I Am Not A Failure…It’s Just That Many RA Medications Failed To Help Me
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wrote 6 months ago: Having gone through a slew of treatments options for rheumatoid arthritis in the past four years, it … more →
"Oh No I Can't"...Changing RA Treatment Regimen Again
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wrote 6 months ago: I received an official rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis almost four years ago. In that period of time … more →
Who is the strong one now?
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wrote 10 months ago: I am sitting in the infusion room while Marty sleeps. The Actemra is going in, so we are less than 1 … more →
Overheard...
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wrote 11 months ago: Following are a few posts in my JA parents’ board on Facebook (names have been changed): … more →
