July 31st, 2008
Press Release:
FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
NUTLEY, N.J., July 29 /PRNewswire/ — Roche today announced that the Arthritis Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by a near unanimous (10-1) vote recommended approval of ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab), a novel interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor-inhibiting monoclonalantibody, for reducing […]
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July 23rd, 2008
For people who have rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and for whom different treatments need to be tried before an effective one is found, it may seem treating RA is like taking a stab in the dark. Although it may seem like that, it’s not so. Diseases like RA are usually treated following a set of guidelines […]
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July 18th, 2008
R is for…
rubber duckie!
And R is also for:
Radiating pain: If you tell your doctor or nurse about the pain you are having, you’ll likely be asked if the pain is radiating. This means, does the pain go beyond the original spot. For example, if you have pain in your stomach area, does it radiate to […]
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July 13th, 2008
Company’s Calling, a popular Monday feature, hasn’t appeared for a while because I ran out of volunteers who wished to be interviewed. I would love to get the feature going again because I get emails (and comments) from people who appreciate learning how others have dealt with and who are dealing with their issues of […]
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June 29th, 2008
According to a press release issued by BMJ - British Medical Journal, Heavy birthweight babies twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis, “Heavy birthweight female babies are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis in adulthood as their average birthweight peers, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.”
The […]
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June 14th, 2008
Ok folks, another study on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and DMARDs (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs); what are we going to make of it?
According to a press release issued by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), “At least 50% of recent onset rheumatoid arthritis patients achieve remission (a state free of signs and symptoms) […]
By Marijke Durning, RN -- 5 comments
June 13th, 2008
How many joints can someone have replaced? It seems, as many as you need.
Eileen Brown, a 49-year-old who has had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for a good part of her life, has had most of her major joints replaced, including knuckles. She is due to have yet another replacement, her left hip, hopefully soon. Her life […]
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May 5th, 2008
It’s National Arthritis Month, so it’s only fitting that today Karen Smith joins us here for Help My Hurt’s Company’s Calling feature to talk about her sudden onset of rheumatoid arthritis. Karen is a software support consultant, from Keswick, Ontario, Canada, a very small town north of Toronto.
Can you tell me about when you first […]
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April 27th, 2008
Joint pain and joint replacements are becoming much more common place as people stay active as they age. The problems that result in chronic pain can greatly affect how people live their lives physically, socially, and emotionally.
This week at Help My Hurt, I’ll be finding articles and informational pieces about our bones joints, fractures, what […]
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April 22nd, 2008
Although I mean to make this blog as wide-reaching as possible, most of the news I find is geared towards North America and sometimes Europe and Australia/New Zealand. It’s not from the lack of trying - I do search for news elsewhere.
Today I found that there are two medications now approved for use in Japan […]
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