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Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms and Treatment


Learn about Rheumatoid Arthritis and its causes; find out the average effectiveness of various treatments and discover a superior alternative - Microdose Therapy.


Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful inflammatory disease that damages the cartilage and ultimately the bones of joints. Rheumatoid arthritis tends to affect hands, wrist, ankles and feet initially. Later, shoulders, elbows, knees, hips, jaw and neck can also become involved. The pain is not confined to the joints. Untreated, it can lead to destruction, deformities and joint replacement. Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms may vary in severity and can come and go. It is two to three times more common in women than in men with onset usually between 40 and 60. It can also affect young children and older adults. Its symptoms are:

fatigue morning stiffness
joint pain rheumatoid nodules (firm bumps)
joint swelling weight loss
joints tender to the touch


How uncomfortable are you? Rate each of the following on the 0 – 10 scale with 0 = no symptoms and 10 = severe symptoms; add to get the total; compare.


Hands left right
Wrists left right
Elbows left right
Shoulders left right
Hips left right
Knees left right
Ankles left right
Feet left right
Spine left right
Back Muscles left right
Neck
Headache
Stiffness
Brain fog


In perspective:
Total
Mild 1 - 25
Moderate 26 - 50
Severe > 50


Total:



Rank ordered medical treatments for rheumatoid arthritis

Treatment Trade Name Administration Relief, ave
cortisol [Microdose Therapy] As needed, 12 mg/day average 80%
adalimumab [Humira] 40 mg every other week + MTX 61%
TNFR:Fc [Enbrel] 16 mg/m2 twice weekly 51%
infliximab [Remicade] 10 mg each 4 weeks + MTX 47%
abatacept [Orencia] 10 mg/kg each 28 days 44%
anakinra [Kineret] 100 mg/day 43%
adalimumab [Humira] 40 mg every other week 41%
infliximab [Remicade] 10 mg each 8 weeks + MTX 40%
TNFR:Fc [Enbrel] 2 mg/m2 twice weekly 33%
infliximab [Remicade] 3 mg each 4 weeks + MTX 30%
abatacept [Orencia] 10 mg/kg each 28 days + MTX 29%
methotrexate (MTX) 12.5 - 25 mg 28%
infliximab [Remicade] 3 mg each 8 weeks + MTX 23%
TNFR:Fc [Enbrel] 0.25 mg/m2 twice weekly 8%
rituximab Rituxan


The following treatments also are prescribed:

ibuprofen [Avil, Motrin]
naproxen sodium [Aleve, Naprosyn]
hydroxychloroquine Plaquenil
auranofin [Ridura]
sulfasalazine [Rheumatrex]
leflunomide Arava
azathioprine [Imuran]
cyclosporine [Neoral, Sandimmune]
cyclophosphamide [Cytoxan]
piroicam [Feldene]
celebrex [Celebrex]
meloxicam Mobic
rituximab Rituxan



On rank ordering medical treatments

Patient global assessment measured in clinical trials, that is, patient’s opinion of success, is used herein to rank order medical treatment effectiveness. Virtually all clinical trials evaluate patient global assessment, and the objective of medical treatment is patient satisfaction. Comparing medical treatments with each other using other measurements is complicated because there is no one commonly acceptable measurement that represents each rheumatic disease, and rheumatic disease laboratory tests are nonspecific. The companies sponsoring the clinical trials provided clinical trial data to make this rank ordering possible.


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