Current top RA treatments as rated by patients

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Hi,

I have posted on the board in the past but it has been awhile now and thoug=

ht

everyone might like to see the current Top 10 list of RA treatments as they=

have been rated at my site RemedyFind. A little background. Remedyfind is=

non-commercial and unbiased (not sponsored by any drug companies etc.). I =

started it 2 years ago to try to find help with treatments for Chronic Fati=

gue

Syndrome (which I've had for some 20 years). After doing the CFS section I=

realized the same approach could also work for other health conditions and =

so the site has now grown to cover 19 conditions, with some 20,000 members =

and newsletter subscribers.

Obviously this Top 10 list has to be taken " with a grain of salt " . We are =

all

different, and what works for one person won't necessarily work for another=

,

but my hope is that certain trends might show themselves over time (and aft=

er

hundreds or thousands of patient ratings). We'll have to see about that, b=

ut at

least in the meantime I think it is helpful to hear other patient accounts =

of what

has worked, or not worked, for them.

If you have a few minutes to share what has worked – or hasn't worked – for=

you it would be wonderful. Here is the address of the Remedyfind RA section=

- http://www.remedyfind.com/hc-Rheumatoid-Arthritis.asp

All the best,

Brett Hodges

Top 10 Remedies for Rheumatoid Arthritis

(As of 6/3/03. The first number is the averaged rating (0 = poorest; 10 = =

best).

The number in parenthesis is the number of ratings the treatment has

received.)

Antibiotic Therapy    8 (35)

Enbrel (Etanercept)    7.5 (50)

Remicade (Infliximab)    7.1 (39)

Deltasone etc. (Prednisone)    6.5 (25)

Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine)    6.3 (32)

Arava (Leflunomide)    5.9 (24)

Rheumatrex etc. (Methotrexate)    5.7 (46)

Celebrex (Celecoxib)    5.4 (23)

Kineret (Anakinra)    5.1 (21)

Azulfidine etc. (Sulfasalazine)    4.2 (23)

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Antibiotic therapy? Is this the long-term low-dose therapy that someone has

told me about?

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From: " Brett Hodges " <bhodges@...>

Antibiotic Therapy 8 (35)

Enbrel (Etanercept) 7.5 (50)

Remicade (Infliximab) 7.1 (39)

Deltasone etc. (Prednisone) 6.5 (25)

Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) 6.3 (32)

Arava (Leflunomide) 5.9 (24)

Rheumatrex etc. (Methotrexate) 5.7 (46)

Celebrex (Celecoxib) 5.4 (23)

Kineret (Anakinra) 5.1 (21)

Azulfidine etc. (Sulfasalazine) 4.2 (23)