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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others
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Hello my name is Naomi and I’m new to the Mayo Clinic RA chat, I joined because I was looking for natural remedies to help me with my on going Battle with pain, I have RA in my lower back ,the joints of my hands , and shoulders , however The RA in my back has caused severe nerve pain in my legs and feet. I’m currently on pain medications that does not work any longer, so I’m trying to help myself by looking for all natural remedies. I was hoping I would see maybe a post from someone who was having a better experience than I am currently.
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for the nerve pain in the back and thru the legs you might want to consider lower back injections with cortisone. however you will need a lumbar MRI of the lower back to determine were to inject. i have stenosis of the lower back L4-L5 and get cortisone injections every 3 months. it doeshelp control the pain. one medicine that really helped alleviate back nerve was lyrica. it worked extremely well for me for 1 day. after that i developed a whole body itch that took a month to get rid of. i couldn't take it anymore. gabapentin or neurontin may also help, since lyrica is very expensive. i have talked to people who have had lower back surgeries and lot of these surgeries don't work and can make pain even worse. i am doing my best to avoid back surgery..... best of luck.....kozlo52