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ellymail

Hello - I am new to the group and RA would love any advise and help relating to the DMARD'S, I have only just been diagnosed and I am on steroids for 6 weeks and will start my treatment soon but from what I have read they seem a little scary and have a lot of side effects, I would like to here of other peoples experiences with these drugs.

PeterJ

Hello @ellymail and welcome to the community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that that will be your experience as well.

I understand that you have RA and would like some advice as to DMARDs, but you don't say which one you are prescribed, so I've pasted a search link below which I hope will be of some use.

https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/treatments/drugs/disease-modifying-anti-rheumatic-drugs-dmards/

Please have a look around our website and search to see if there is any more useful information, and if it affects you in a specific way, e.g. a particular joint such as knees, you can search on that as well.

In the meantime please do keep posting and let us know how you are getting on and if there is anything specific you wish to discuss and I am sure that others will connect with you to share their experiences and support as well.

With very best wishes

Peter (moderator)