Self-Care to Control Your Arthritis

1. Reducing the Side Effects of Medications
2. Tips on Controlling Your Arthritis
3. Help in Dealing with Your Physician and Other Health Care Providers

Reducing the Side Effects of Medications

• Guidelines for Safe Use of IVIG (Intravenous Immunoglobulin) (September 29, 2003)
  Michael D. Lockshin, MD 
  
• Aspirin - Still a "Miracle Drug" - but Caution Required! (June 29, 2003)
  Diana Benzaia
  
• Guidelines to Help Reduce the Side-Effects of COX-2 Selective Drugs (Types of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents) (December 23, 2002)
  Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP
  
• Guidelines to Help Reduce the Side-Effects of NSAIDs (Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents) (December 23, 2002)
  Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP
  
• Sun, Your Arthritis, and Your Medications (December 23, 2002) Diana Benzaia
  
• Guidelines to Help Reduce the Side-Effects of Methotrexate (November 8, 2002)
  Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP
  
• How to Reduce Corticosteroid Side Effects (September 20, 2002)
  Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP
  
• Nutrition and Supplements to Reduce Medication Side Effects in Myositis (October 14, 2002)
  Isabelle Dube, RD, CDN

Tips on Controlling Your Arthritis

• Coping with the Emotional Impact of Rheumatic Disease (April 30, 2004)
  Angela Hunter, CSW and Roberta Horton, ACSW
  
• How to Get Back to - and Stick with - Exercise (September 24, 2003)
  Diana Benzaia
  
• How To Use "Laughter Is The Best Medicine" For Your Joints (September 4, 2003)
  Diana Benzaia
  
• How to Travel With Your Arthritis (September 3, 2003)
  Carol Page, PT, CHT
  
• How to Reduce Holiday Arthritis Flares (November 14, 2002)
  Diana Benzaia
  
• How to Protect Your Joints (September 20, 2002)
  Carol Page and Denyse Hernaez
  
• How to Use Capsaicin (September 10, 2002)
  Theodore R. Fields, MD, FACP
  
• How to Adapt Your Car to Your Arthritis (September 10, 2002)
  Diana Benzaia
  
• How to Ease Knee Pain without Drugs (September 15, 2002)
  Diana Benzaia
  
  

Help in Dealing with Your Physician and Other Health Care Providers

• Doctor/Patient Communication (July 3, 2003)
  Adapted from a talk at The Myositis Support Group of the Hospital for Special Surgery
  Barbara Mazie, PhD.
  
  
• Questions to Ask Your Physician (September 9. 2002)
  Diana Benzaia
  
  
• About Informed Consent (September 12, 2002)
  Betsy Iger