Could Birth Control Pills Help RA??

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This is probably a reach but I keep reading that RA usually is in remission

during pregnancy and then flares after giving birth. So under that thinking

would going on Birth Control Pills which as far as I know work by tricking

the body into thinking its pregnant lessen the RA symptoms any???

Just a thought.

Mandi

Florida

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>

> This is probably a reach but I keep reading that RA usually is in

remission

> during pregnancy and then flares after giving birth. So under

that thinking

> would going on Birth Control Pills which as far as I know work by

tricking

> the body into thinking its pregnant lessen the RA symptoms any???

>

> Just a thought.

>

>

> Mandi

> Florida

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ALOT BETTER WHEN U R PREGNANT & THE SYMPTOMS DO GO AWAY,THAT WAS THE

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SHE WAS BORN I HAD TO START RIGHT BACK ON ALL MY MEDS.GOOD LUCK WITH

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>

> **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the

Grammy

> Awards. Go to AOL Music.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Mandi,

Birth control pills don't really trick the body into thinking it is

pregnant. That being said, I used to have horrible menstruals and have been on

the Pill to control the bloating/cramps/etc. on and off since I was 15 (I'm 30

now). Once I was dx'd and was taking so many other meds it was easier to

remember to take the Pill, I did notice an improvement in my other pain. The

Pill is important, according to my rheumy and gyno, because I should not get

pregnant while on Methotrexate.

Take care,

Steph in VA

This is probably a reach but I keep reading that RA usually is in remission

during pregnancy and then flares after giving birth. So under that thinking

would going on Birth Control Pills which as far as I know work by tricking the

body into thinking its pregnant lessen the RA symptoms any??? Just a thought.

Mandi

Florida

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