RA Arthritis symptoms can be lessened with moderate alcohol

According to an article title “Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms might be lessened with moderate alcohol”, RA arthritis symptoms seems to appear less compare to those who consume alcohol then those who do not take any. The article also state that:

Rheumatologist and study co-author James Maxwell of England’s University of Sheffield informed that a reduction of 20 to 30 per cent in pain was observed among patients who had at least 10 alcoholic beverages a month.

Honestly it does sound nice especially those who loves alcohol or beer. There’s nothing happier than having a reason to fight RA Arthritis by consuming alcohol. Still I think this method of reducing RA arthritis symptoms is still not so convincing. It seems like just a small percentage of people are showing good results in reducing RA arthritis pain. It just feels like fighting fire with fire. RA arthritis patients have to be careful with consuming alcohol as too much alcohol brings other problems. Besides it can be dangerous if at the same time if you’re constantly taking medicine for other control issues like blood sugar level, cholesterol or blood pressure.

As a conclusion I think it’s still not so convincing by having alcohol to fight RA arthritis. The risk and side effects are just too great. Not unless you already consuming alcohol since the beginning day that you’re an adult. In that case your body already makes alcohol a part of your necessary consumption. Stopping it might just triggers lots of problems.

RA Arthritis Treatment Information from Arthritis Center

The Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center has a page that fills with RA Arthritis treatment information. It’s a long page about RA Arthritis treatment and about 16 treatments are included. It might take some time to go through all the RA Arthritis treatments. Besides that you can also check out the Hot News and Ask the Expert sections for updated information regarding RA Arthritis. The list of RA Arthritis treatments is as below.

    *  Methotrexate (Rheumatrex®, Trexall®)
    * Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil ®)
    * Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®)
    * Leflunomide (Arava®)
    * Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors-- etanercept (Enbrel®, adalimumab (Humira ®), and infliximab (Remicade®)
    * T-cell Costimulatory Blocking Agents—abatacept (Orencia®)
    * B cell Depleting Agents—rituximab (Rituxan®)
    * Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor Antagonist Therapy—anakinra (Kineret®)
    * Intramuscular Gold
* Other Immunomodulatory and Cytotoxic agents— azathioprine (Imuran®), cyclophosphamide, and cyclosporine A(Neoral®, Sandimmune®)

Each RA Arthritis treatments are well explained which includes the mechanism, dosage, use time effects and side effects. I have to say the RA Arthritis treatments are a bit difficult to understand because it involves medical terms.