Hi Everyone! I just found Your Group and Joined.

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Hi everyone! I just joined this Group and am looking foward to

participating. I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis several years

ago. I've been seemingly managing my R.A. by taking only two (2) 200 mg. of

ibuprofen daily - for several years, but in past 3 months my R.A. seems to be

getting worse. Three months ago - my Doc prescribed

thyroid med for my low thyroid. (My doc told me that mine (thyroid) was

a little bit low), but it has since already gotten Normal so my Doc lowered by

generic synthroid to half the former dose (now being: 25 MCG tablets.)

I'm wondering if the thyroid med could have caused my R.A. to become worse.

Have any of you experienced this problem, also?

I read recently that low thyroid can cause a person's cholesterol to get

higher. Three mo's ago when I was prescribed the thyroid med -- I was also

prescribed a statin drug (generic Zocor (simvastin) for high cholesterol. After

taking it only 2 months my Cholesterol was Normal Again and the good part -was

that I only took half of a 10 mg. tablet of the Simvastin! ; (( Same thing

happened to

me a year ago; (i took just 5 mg. for 2 months and my bad (LDL) CHOLESTEROL

dropped to Normal), fortunately! But last year AND recently,

my HDL (good cholestrol) level remained around 36 which I understand is too

low. Does any of You know how High my good Cholesterol (HDL) - should be?

I'm glad I found this group and hope we can help each other. It's nice to

find Support Groups! P.S. My R.A. was Severe 6 or 7 years ago, but it seemed

to just get better on it's own! And I did have those bad flares - several times

plus I had a large swelling on my hand - near my wrist (on my right hand) - for

a few years and Thank goodness - that large swelling finally went away. Six and

7 years ago - I did have severe pain--around That Swelling - and I had the

severe pain on several different occasions. I would awake during the middle of

the night with Severe pain; felt to me as if a knife was being inserted all way

thru my wrist bone/ joint and it would last for 12 to 15 hours; this was on

several occasions and there would be real red swelling. One of my wrists would

do THAT way and in a short time That wrist would get better and stop hurting

Severe and then my other wrist would do the same way; it seems that 2nd wrist

Flared up in a day or two After the other - but It might have been a week later.

Also, perhaps worth mentioning. I took Bextra for 3 years and I

quit taking it - just before it was taken off the Market! And low and behold

----- my R.A. hurt Lots Less --than when I was taking the Bextra. Also worth

noting: when my R.A. was at it's very worse --my

blood test results Were Negative! - but a year later My blood tests were

" positive " for R.A. and it seems that when it showed up Positive - that my R.A.

symptonms were Not as bad as it was Prior to that.

Could I mention another happening? I take Zyprexa , 2.5 mg. for Bipolar

Disorder and my R.A. was it's Most Severe - just prior to my being prescribed

the Zyprexa! (and I'd been off any nerve meds for 4 years--at that time). And a

strange thing happened: After taking the Zyprexa 2.5 mg. for one year - I

stopped taking it and did not take any nerve meds for 8 months --- and then my

R.A. got 95 percent as bad as it had been - the first go-round --- with all that

Severe pain - lasting again for 12 to 15 hours per occasion! (I cried and I

don't know how to WORD this - but my arms would not function: I could not even

put a pony-tail holder in my hair --------on those Worst occasions. I think I

already stated Above - that on those Worst occasions - several years ago --- I

would awake in the middle of the Night - with that UNBEARABLE pain and those

incidents were on several different occasions. At the time I read in my medical

book that Gout and bone cancer, both, could cause a person to awake in the

middle of the night With Unbearable PAIN! Have any of you had this type of

experiences? I forgot to mention Above - that I Started taking my Zyprexa

(anti-psychotic) (one of the newer atypical anti-psychotics) --right after my

R.A. got worse ---towards the end of those 8 months, when I'd stayed off Zyprexa

and also was Not taking any nerve med's at that time.

I have read that Stress can help bring on R.A. So in my case I believe

that Zyprexa helps my R.A. !!! and I believe my recent prescriptions of my

thyroid med and / or the Statin med. (for my high Cholesterol) MIGHT be causing

my Zyprexa ---to NOT be as affective as it's been in the past. I wonder if the

Statin drug could block my Zyprexa -- sort of the way that it blocks OR causes

PERSONS --NOT to

make Cholesterol (OR NOT AS MUCH CHOLESTEROL). I thought I'd read that the

Statin drugs causes our Livers NOT to manufacturer ANY cholesterol, but 3 mo's

ago my Doc told me: " Your Liver still makes cholesterol but just not as much

cholesterol! " Did your Doc tell you the same thing and / or what info have

You found upon any research. Thanks for reading my Post. I did not intend

to write a book HERE! l o l! Have a Nice Day! God Bless Everyone! Mrs.

Blackmon; GA (USA).

[Guest guest]

Welcome Judy! Sorry about your dx with RA, its a bummer. I'm glad you found

the group, its a nice place to be. Great people and information, you just can't

go wrong.

Take care, Tawny

>

> Hi everyone! I just joined this Group and am looking foward to

> participating. I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis several years

> ago. I've been seemingly managing my R.A. by taking only two (2) 200 mg. of

ibuprofen daily - for several years, but in past 3 months my R.A. seems to be

getting worse. Three months ago - my Doc prescribed

> thyroid med for my low thyroid. (My doc told me that mine (thyroid) was

> a little bit low), but it has since already gotten Normal so my Doc lowered

by generic synthroid to half the former dose (now being: 25 MCG tablets.)

> I'm wondering if the thyroid med could have caused my R.A. to become

worse. Have any of you experienced this problem, also?

> I read recently that low thyroid can cause a person's cholesterol to get

higher. Three mo's ago when I was prescribed the thyroid med -- I was also

prescribed a statin drug (generic Zocor (simvastin) for high cholesterol. After

taking it only 2 months my Cholesterol was Normal Again and the good part -was

that I only took half of a 10 mg. tablet of the Simvastin! ; (( Same thing

happened to

> me a year ago; (i took just 5 mg. for 2 months and my bad (LDL) CHOLESTEROL

dropped to Normal), fortunately! But last year AND recently,

> my HDL (good cholestrol) level remained around 36 which I understand is too

low. Does any of You know how High my good Cholesterol (HDL) - should be?

> I'm glad I found this group and hope we can help each other. It's nice

to find Support Groups! P.S. My R.A. was Severe 6 or 7 years ago, but it

seemed to just get better on it's own! And I did have those bad flares -

several times plus I had a large swelling on my hand - near my wrist (on my

right hand) - for a few years and Thank goodness - that large swelling finally

went away. Six and 7 years ago - I did have severe pain--around That Swelling -

and I had the severe pain on several different occasions. I would awake during

the middle of the night with Severe pain; felt to me as if a knife was being

inserted all way thru my wrist bone/ joint and it would last for 12 to 15 hours;

this was on several occasions and there would be real red swelling. One of my

wrists would do THAT way and in a short time That wrist would get better and

stop hurting Severe and then my other wrist would do the same way; it seems that

2nd wrist Flared up in a day or two After the other - but It might have been a

week later.

> Also, perhaps worth mentioning. I took Bextra for 3 years and I

> quit taking it - just before it was taken off the Market! And low and behold

----- my R.A. hurt Lots Less --than when I was taking the Bextra. Also worth

noting: when my R.A. was at it's very worse --my

> blood test results Were Negative! - but a year later My blood tests were

" positive " for R.A. and it seems that when it showed up Positive - that my R.A.

symptonms were Not as bad as it was Prior to that.

> Could I mention another happening? I take Zyprexa , 2.5 mg. for

Bipolar Disorder and my R.A. was it's Most Severe - just prior to my being

prescribed the Zyprexa! (and I'd been off any nerve meds for 4 years--at that

time). And a strange thing happened: After taking the Zyprexa 2.5 mg. for one

year - I stopped taking it and did not take any nerve meds for 8 months --- and

then my R.A. got 95 percent as bad as it had been - the first go-round --- with

all that Severe pain - lasting again for 12 to 15 hours per occasion! (I cried

and I don't know how to WORD this - but my arms would not function: I could not

even put a pony-tail holder in my hair --------on those Worst occasions. I think

I already stated Above - that on those Worst occasions - several years ago --- I

would awake in the middle of the Night - with that UNBEARABLE pain and those

incidents were on several different occasions. At the time I read in my medical

book that Gout and bone cancer, both, could cause a person to awake in the

middle of the night With Unbearable PAIN! Have any of you had this type of

experiences? I forgot to mention Above - that I Started taking my Zyprexa

(anti-psychotic) (one of the newer atypical anti-psychotics) --right after my

R.A. got worse ---towards the end of those 8 months, when I'd stayed off Zyprexa

and also was Not taking any nerve med's at that time.

> I have read that Stress can help bring on R.A. So in my case I believe

that Zyprexa helps my R.A. !!! and I believe my recent prescriptions of my

thyroid med and / or the Statin med. (for my high Cholesterol) MIGHT be causing

my Zyprexa ---to NOT be as affective as it's been in the past. I wonder if the

Statin drug could block my Zyprexa -- sort of the way that it blocks OR causes

PERSONS --NOT to

> make Cholesterol (OR NOT AS MUCH CHOLESTEROL). I thought I'd read that the

Statin drugs causes our Livers NOT to manufacturer ANY cholesterol, but 3 mo's

ago my Doc told me: " Your Liver still makes cholesterol but just not as much

cholesterol! " Did your Doc tell you the same thing and / or what info have

You found upon any research. Thanks for reading my Post. I did not intend

to write a book HERE! l o l! Have a Nice Day! God Bless Everyone! Mrs.

Blackmon; GA (USA).

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Judy

Welcome to the group. I have found that if I have a question, an answer, or

somthing to grip about, someone is always here to listen.

Heidibug

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 12:58 AM, tdianaok <tdianaok@...> wrote:

>

>

> Welcome Judy! Sorry about your dx with RA, its a bummer. I'm glad you found

> the group, its a nice place to be. Great people and information, you just

> can't go wrong.

>

> Take care, Tawny

>

>

> >

> > Hi everyone! I just joined this Group and am looking foward to

> > participating. I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis several years

> > ago. I've been seemingly managing my R.A. by taking only two (2) 200 mg.

> of ibuprofen daily - for several years, but in past 3 months my R.A. seems

> to be getting worse. Three months ago - my Doc prescribed

> > thyroid med for my low thyroid. (My doc told me that mine (thyroid) was

> > a little bit low), but it has since already gotten Normal so my Doc

> lowered by generic synthroid to half the former dose (now being: 25 MCG

> tablets.)

> > I'm wondering if the thyroid med could have caused my R.A. to become

> worse. Have any of you experienced this problem, also?

> > I read recently that low thyroid can cause a person's cholesterol to get

> higher. Three mo's ago when I was prescribed the thyroid med -- I was also

> prescribed a statin drug (generic Zocor (simvastin) for high cholesterol.

> After taking it only 2 months my Cholesterol was Normal Again and the good

> part -was that I only took half of a 10 mg. tablet of the Simvastin! ; ((

> Same thing happened to

> > me a year ago; (i took just 5 mg. for 2 months and my bad (LDL)

> CHOLESTEROL dropped to Normal), fortunately! But last year AND recently,

> > my HDL (good cholestrol) level remained around 36 which I understand is

> too low. Does any of You know how High my good Cholesterol (HDL) - should

> be?

> > I'm glad I found this group and hope we can help each other. It's nice to

> find Support Groups! P.S. My R.A. was Severe 6 or 7 years ago, but it seemed

> to just get better on it's own! And I did have those bad flares - several

> times plus I had a large swelling on my hand - near my wrist (on my right

> hand) - for a few years and Thank goodness - that large swelling finally

> went away. Six and 7 years ago - I did have severe pain--around That

> Swelling - and I had the severe pain on several different occasions. I would

> awake during the middle of the night with Severe pain; felt to me as if a

> knife was being inserted all way thru my wrist bone/ joint and it would last

> for 12 to 15 hours; this was on several occasions and there would be real

> red swelling. One of my wrists would do THAT way and in a short time That

> wrist would get better and stop hurting Severe and then my other wrist would

> do the same way; it seems that 2nd wrist Flared up in a day or two After the

> other - but It might have been a week later.

> > Also, perhaps worth mentioning. I took Bextra for 3 years and I

> > quit taking it - just before it was taken off the Market! And low and

> behold ----- my R.A. hurt Lots Less --than when I was taking the Bextra.

> Also worth noting: when my R.A. was at it's very worse --my

> > blood test results Were Negative! - but a year later My blood tests were

> " positive " for R.A. and it seems that when it showed up Positive - that my

> R.A. symptonms were Not as bad as it was Prior to that.

> > Could I mention another happening? I take Zyprexa , 2.5 mg. for Bipolar

> Disorder and my R.A. was it's Most Severe - just prior to my being

> prescribed the Zyprexa! (and I'd been off any nerve meds for 4 years--at

> that time). And a strange thing happened: After taking the Zyprexa 2.5 mg.

> for one year - I stopped taking it and did not take any nerve meds for 8

> months --- and then my R.A. got 95 percent as bad as it had been - the first

> go-round --- with all that Severe pain - lasting again for 12 to 15 hours

> per occasion! (I cried and I don't know how to WORD this - but my arms would

> not function: I could not even put a pony-tail holder in my hair --------on

> those Worst occasions. I think I already stated Above - that on those Worst

> occasions - several years ago --- I would awake in the middle of the Night -

> with that UNBEARABLE pain and those incidents were on several different

> occasions. At the time I read in my medical book that Gout and bone cancer,

> both, could cause a person to awake in the middle of the night With

> Unbearable PAIN! Have any of you had this type of experiences? I forgot to

> mention Above - that I Started taking my Zyprexa (anti-psychotic) (one of

> the newer atypical anti-psychotics) --right after my R.A. got worse

> ---towards the end of those 8 months, when I'd stayed off Zyprexa and also

> was Not taking any nerve med's at that time.

> > I have read that Stress can help bring on R.A. So in my case I believe

> that Zyprexa helps my R.A. !!! and I believe my recent prescriptions of my

> thyroid med and / or the Statin med. (for my high Cholesterol) MIGHT be

> causing my Zyprexa ---to NOT be as affective as it's been in the past. I

> wonder if the Statin drug could block my Zyprexa -- sort of the way that it

> blocks OR causes PERSONS --NOT to

> > make Cholesterol (OR NOT AS MUCH CHOLESTEROL). I thought I'd read that

> the Statin drugs causes our Livers NOT to manufacturer ANY cholesterol, but

> 3 mo's ago my Doc told me: " Your Liver still makes cholesterol but just not

> as much cholesterol! " Did your Doc tell you the same thing and / or what

> info have You found upon any research. Thanks for reading my Post. I did not

> intend to write a book HERE! l o l! Have a Nice Day! God Bless Everyone!

> Mrs. Blackmon; GA (USA).

> >

>

>

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