Can Rheumatoid Arthritis Be Cured Without Antibiotics?

Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2016

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Sun, 13 Mar 2016 Answered on

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Question : My wife has been suffreing from Rheumatoid Arththitis for last 7 years and taking treatment from a rheumatolist. She has to take medicine regularly and now feeling ok. But medicine has to take regularly.
Can we not discontinue taking medicine

Answered by Dr. Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes sir she has to continue medicines.

Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,

Thank you for posting your query on HCM.

Well looking into your query I will like to tell you that she has to take medicines because rheumatoid arthritis cannot be cured , it can only be controlled . So , medicine needs to be continued life long in most of the cases although dose can be decreased if symptoms become less , that is on your treating doctors discretion.

Take care.

Dr. Shruti

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar