MedLinks

Also, Visit the page •Tips For You• which includes many tips learned along the way that might be helpful to you. There’s also the medical definitions page which is helpful for items specific to me.

R.A., Chronic Disease, Medical Links

TOPIC: Relationships and Chronic Diseases & RA General Sites

• Note: See right side of page for “blogroll” (sites that I like).
  This page is medical related.

• Arthritis Foundation (definition of RA)
• American College of Rheumatology
• Arthritis Research Campaign UK
• British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) U
• The Cleveland Clinic/ Rheumatic and Immunlogic Diseases/ What You Need to Know About Corticosteroids
  
• Article on effects of RA on sexual relationships (statistics) (oxford)
  
• Article on younger women with RA / sex & pregnancy
• Healthy Arthritis Treatments Site – I haven’t really checked this site out yet but wanted to share.
• How to get RA Relief
• Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Coping Strategies
  
• Mayo Clinic _ Rheumatology
• My Rheumatoid Arthritis ( a lot of ads but good photos) – (Note: a site not my site)
  
• RA Central @ HealthCentral.com
• Site with loads of pdf’s - Arthritis Care UK - read the one on relationships, intimacy (great, funny quote about oral sex, “you might find oral sex difficult if you have a stiff jaw, and hands can tire during masturbation…”
• One of my faves: A Life Less Convenient (The book is so wonderful!!!) This book really moved me and is about living with disease done in a very poetic way. She is a brilliant writer.
• Same author’s other site: The Nervous Breakdown
• webmd - it’s general but helpful
• WIKIpedia’s list of autoimmune diseases
• Wikipedia’s Definition of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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TOPIC: Drugs/Medications/Medical News

• Drug Interaction Checker
• Medical News: ACR: TNF Inhibitors and Methotrexate Lessen RA Patients‘ …
• Great overview of anti-rheumatic drugs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease-modifying_antirheumatic_drug
• Prednisone Info: I found this on Oprah’s Site; Simple Definition
  
• People in the same boat on Prednisone: http://discuss.pdsa.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20247
• Also: http://www.medications.com/se/prednisone
• People in the same boat on Methotrexate: http://www.thelupussite.com/forum

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TOPIC: Studies and Academic

• Childhood Traumas and Chronic Pain – Swedish Study
• Relationship with your doctor: Their perspective: A doctor’s page.Feel free to recommend a link in the comments section below.  Thanks! –Sasha