i hope you can find the right medicines also. when the RA medicine Humira gave me torn retinas in both eyes, and Kineret gave me kidney failure , i told my PCP that no more RA medicines. I have managed my RA with 4 mg of prednisone and 10 mg of oxycodone. however in the last 21 years i have had 21 operations, most of which were due to RA. i have had both knees replaced twice (due to wear ); left hip replaced once. i have problems with both shoulders arthritic. my neck is inoperable with stenosis and misalignment; my lower back has L3-L4-L5 stenosis. i have learned to live with pain at age 69. i also have bent fingers on my right hand. people in general do not know how debilitating this RA can be. there are many things i cannot do, such as cutting grass, hedges. i can't put a wrench in my hands. god bless you both in finding a solution.....kozlo52