LOLOLOL,,, See,,, I told you I would get it wrong.  Actually it is DMARD and
that is,,,,  Hhhhm,,,, Disease Modifying Arthritis Rheumatic Drug,,,  I
think,,,,  LOLOL
It started out with Steroids and then they found out that Gold shots and
pills helped many people,,, then it was Gold and steroids,,, then it was
Methx with steroids,,,  several came along then that were really for other
problems like Arava Plaquinel, Sulfasalizine, and others.    Then came
Anti-tnf  such as Enbrel, Remicade and a few more in that family.   You will
read in this newsgroup about people using them because they had a problem
with Enbrel or Remicade.  Each one is a little different or is taken
differently.   All the latest medicines are very expensive and most people
are either rich or have very good insurance to be able to take any of them.
I take Arava now because I took it for a year after Methx stopped working
for me for the second or third time and it was a good year.   At the end of
that year I cut back on the amount I was taking (on my own and nearly lost
my doctor because I did that) because I had a acid reflux problem which the
Arava made worse.   It did not come back to working for me when I started
taking the full amount again.   It was on to Enbrel which has worked well
for me for many years even when it has had to be stopped several times for
this reason or that reason.   It always comes back strong for me when
restarted.  The lesson in all this,,, Make sure your doctor knows that you
are taking the medicine he/she has precribed.   When things change in your
body, the doc has to find out what to do about it and if you have been
playing with the amount your taking,,,,, it is impossible for them to do.
Wellll,  thats enough out of me and others have their own story to tell
because we all react to the different medicines differently and why the RDs
make the big bucks.
Harv