Re: Thank you for the welcome/choosing to medicate

[Guest guest]

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I know you do not trust your doctor and do not believe you

necessarily have RA. It makes sense for you to be questioning

things at this point since you have not had time to learn much about

the disease. But the absolute BEST - meaning showing the best

results with the least long term negative results - is early

aggressive treatment with DMARDs.

There are alternative therapies - but any well informed and well

educated and GOOD rheumatologist or specialist or supporter of

alternative therapies will recommend alternative therapy be used in

conjunction with a DMARD, not instead of it.

There is a lot to learn about RA and proper treatment of RA. You

are not going to absorb it all in one day. Stick around and start

reading the latest research and it will help you.

You said your insurance will only pay to see this one doctor? Is he

in fact a rheumatologist? I have never heard of an insurance

company not letting someone have a second opinion before.

Jennie

> What kind of alternative therapies are out there. My doc has not

said anything to me about this. You would think he would want to

try any none drug type therapies before starting these strong drugs

with all their side effects.

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[Guest guest]

,

I know you do not trust your doctor and do not believe you

necessarily have RA. It makes sense for you to be questioning

things at this point since you have not had time to learn much about

the disease. But the absolute BEST - meaning showing the best

results with the least long term negative results - is early

aggressive treatment with DMARDs.

There are alternative therapies - but any well informed and well

educated and GOOD rheumatologist or specialist or supporter of

alternative therapies will recommend alternative therapy be used in

conjunction with a DMARD, not instead of it.

There is a lot to learn about RA and proper treatment of RA. You

are not going to absorb it all in one day. Stick around and start

reading the latest research and it will help you.

You said your insurance will only pay to see this one doctor? Is he

in fact a rheumatologist? I have never heard of an insurance

company not letting someone have a second opinion before.

Jennie

> What kind of alternative therapies are out there. My doc has not

said anything to me about this. You would think he would want to

try any none drug type therapies before starting these strong drugs

with all their side effects.

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