New here and need help

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Hi I'm new here and was just diagnosed last week. I'm 31, live in

Michigan and hitting a road block right now.

I was put on a med that was awesome, a NSAID. My inflamation got so

much better and I could do my physical therapy with not many problems

and get on my elliptical for 5 mins twice a day to start. Then about

2 weeks in I had an allergic reaction to the med. I'm allergic to

asprin. So now I've been back and forth with the doc office on the

phone and am told there is no help except pain pill management. Every

arthritis med has asprin. This is so upsetting and depressing. I do

not want pain meds I want to control the inflamation so I can

function, not be zoned out all the time. I can barely walk my joints

have flaired up so much in the last few days. Does anyone know of

anything that will help? I can not be the only person to be allergic

to asprin who has RA. We are going to try prescription Motrin since I

seem to be able to take that over the counter without any problems

but they're saying it's a last resort and I'm not actually supposed

to take that either because of the allergy. I have celiac disease and

it is causing so many other problems for me like the RA.

Thanks,