FYI

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

Haven't been participating much in the list as I was in the hospital

for a knee prosthetic revision surgery but am back online now and

got this from the Arthritis Foundation. I just called and got my application

and will fill it out and have my rheumy fill out a part and hopefully will

be able to get Humira or Enbrel or Kineret paid for. You have to be on

Medicare Parts A and B to qualify and they will consider 50,000 applicants

or something like that. Anyway, wanted to pass along this information

so please click here to learn more:

p://www.arthritis.org/advocacy/Medicare_Demo_Project_Enrollment.asp

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[Guest guest]

> I took a friend to her Rheumy appointment this afternoon. She asked him about

Naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve).

> He said her dose (250 mg. 2x day and my dose 500 mg. 2x day) were both fine.

He said the tests were done at very high levels and more than twice a day,

though he didn't say how high or how often. He also told her that Naproxen was

one of the oldest and safest of the anti-inflammatory, pain relievers and not to

worry about taking it.

> But, again, please ask your own doctors for your own use.

>

I went to my rheumy yesterday and he said pretty much the same thing. However,

I am cutting my dose in half. Not because of any worry about possible side

effects, but just because the methotrexate has made such an improvement that I

only need 220mg twice a day now, and that is for some tendonitis in my shoulder.

When the tendonitis is gone, I can go completely off the naproxen, or rather go

" as needed " .

Sharon