i know a woman who has early onset arthritis. She was in so much pain that she begged for death. She’s also allergic to almost all NSAIDs. Her GP told her to lose weight (She wasn’t overweight, and was actually very fit. She ran 4 times a week and was very active) and prescribed her motrin. she took it, not knowing it was an nsaid, trusting her doctor (who knew about her allergy). she had to be rushed to the ER for the allergic reaction.
When she finally got an appointment with a rheumatologist, they took one look at her and decided that she’s faking it (again, because she’s not elderly), and sent her away because they assumed she was drug seeking. a few days later she went to the ER for intense pain, the ER doctor referred her to the same rheumatologist and actually did give her tramadol for the pain. The pain killers didn’t help with the pain. She went back to the rheumatologist after having to wait on the waiting list again. they again tried to prescribe NSAID pain killers, instead of actually starting the treatment for arthritis.
Only after several more months of this did they start her with the actual treatment for the disease. It took a long time to find medicine which actually helped, because the normal medicine for this didn’t work for her. I think it took them a year to actually find the medicine which actually helped.
i know a woman who has early onset arthritis. She was in so much pain that she begged for death. She’s also allergic to almost all NSAIDs. Her GP told her to lose weight (She wasn’t overweight, and was actually very fit. She ran 4 times a week and was very active) and prescribed her motrin. she took it, not knowing it was an nsaid, trusting her doctor (who knew about her allergy). she had to be rushed to the ER for the allergic reaction.
When she finally got an appointment with a rheumatologist, they took one look at her and decided that she’s faking it (again, because she’s not elderly), and sent her away because they assumed she was drug seeking. a few days later she went to the ER for intense pain, the ER doctor referred her to the same rheumatologist and actually did give her tramadol for the pain. The pain killers didn’t help with the pain. She went back to the rheumatologist after having to wait on the waiting list again. they again tried to prescribe NSAID pain killers, instead of actually starting the treatment for arthritis.
Only after several more months of this did they start her with the actual treatment for the disease. It took a long time to find medicine which actually helped, because the normal medicine for this didn’t work for her. I think it took them a year to actually find the medicine which actually helped.