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BMJ has published this succinct chart giving detailed information about Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs, and what to look out for in blood test results. I'm on MTX (5+years, LEF and HCQ (9 months), and finally down to low activity on DAS after side effects. But it took a while to convince my GP that if I am to self-manage my condition I need to see the detailed blood results. I think this chart might have helped. After all, self-management is a way of informing and supporting you to manage a long-term condition for yourself, but not by yourself. And blood monitoring is an element of that partnership.

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helixhelix

Can only find it on twitter (which I won't subscribe to). Do you have a conventional link so we can read it?

I've always been lucky with my medical team, who believe in patient participation and shared decision making.

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Here is a conventional link helixhelix as I don't tweet.

bmj.com/content/358/bmj.j32...

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Thanks - a nice straightforward summary...

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Thank you so much, Suzannedale. It will be very helpful to understand and monitor our condition.

Hello Man Oeuvre. I'm just curious, do you not have access to your blood work on line? I'm only asking because at my lab, I have my blood work done in the moning and 5 hours later I have my detailed results.

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Not where I am in Scotland. Sounds an excellent scheme.

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That's too bad. Strange how different labs operate eh?

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We do not have it here but I request for it every time I visit my rheumy.

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kaypiercy

Thank you for sharing this, it is very helpful, one reason of many I value this site is you can pick up so much useful knowledge and gain better understanding of RA.

thanks

Kay

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Hobbits

Wow this is very informative. Thank you for posting!

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Hobbits

Is there a chart like this for Biologics?

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Man_Oeuvre in reply to Hobbits

I have not seen one, Hobbits, but will ask around. I suspect that the possible reactions to biologic drugs may be too complex for a straightforward chart like this. Maybe a PhD student of rheumatology or immunology could produce such a poster for a conference display....

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Lesley_1

Thank you for posting this. I get copies of my blood tests and I have learnt a lot over the years but this will help me further. Many thanks

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