How soon does rheumatoid arthritis treatment work?
Some prescription anti-inflammatories to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may take five doses to have their full effect. Watch rheumatologist Paula Rackoff, MD, describe factors that could influence how soon medication relieves pain and symptoms.
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If you're starting with just taking the standard anti-inflammatory medications, they usually take about three
or four days or five doses.
Rheumatoid arthritis treatments vary, so it really depends on which medication you're referring to.
If you're starting with just taking the standard anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen,
naproxen, some of the other anti-inflammatories that are prescriptions, they usually take
about three or four days, or five doses, to have its full effect.
The other, more aggressive medications can take even longer. And it really is medication-specific.
So it really depends on what stage your rheumatoid arthritis is, how aggressively you need to be treated,
how much pain you're in, and how quickly you need to be gotten out of pain. [MUSIC PLAYING]
rheumatoid arthritis
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