Guest guest Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I also question this! I have issues with pain and also with sleeping. When I see my primary care she always deny's my request for stronger medicine. Should I be asking the rheumy for this? I recently have had heart palpitaions. The primary doc sent me for an echo and a 24hr holter monitor. The echo came back stating that my left atrium is at upper limits of normal in size, with everything else within normal limits. The holter came back with mixed results. The report stated that I do have a rapid heartbeat between 57 and 145, rare pac's but there isn't a significant electrical event. When I questioned whether " normal " limits also includes my size (adult at 4'10 " medium body frame makes me more child sized than adult) and the fact that I have RA and HH. She brushed me off saying that I had nothing to worry about. She even refused to prescribe any more ativan to help me sleep. Now I already know I will be looking for a new primary care doctor. Should I be relying more on my rheumatologist for most of my care and leave the PC for the mundane tasks of colds and infected toenails? How does the health care system work? Who should be the one doctor that I should trust my care to? > > Hi girly , > How long have you been DXed with RA & been on embrol ? I'm 42 been DXed since 04 on remicaid once emborl for going on 6 months now Ultram for years Topamax for years allso and Loratab for bad times allso predisone two others haveing to stop MTX since the RA had effected my lungs . and I am still in a lot of pain allso so the only thing I can remember helping me much more I can no longer get the best being Bextra , the other being Motrin 800 mg tabs x2 @ a time . but still it was not a great deal of releif . If you are not on a plan for maintince meds to keep the pain from gettig bad before trying to claim it down then bad again repeating a viousious cycle over and over you may wat to talk with your dr aboult this ? It is how they keep it bearable for me but my neroologist is the one who does it for me . If you wish to talk try my email if I don't see it in the group . > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: girly_girlteacher <paulajo0613@...> > Rheumatoid Arthritis > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:29:30 PM > Subject: Pain > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am 43y/o with Ra, on Enbrel and still in pain. I take Ultram and > > Neurotin, but my joints still ache. I am very active and outgoing, but > > the pain makes me depressed! 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