Does RA make you more vulnerable to Covid19?

[rideahorse]

Do I count as being a vulnerable person? I have RA and am on sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine? Wondering if I’m eligible to fill in this form gov.uk/coronavirus-extremel...

Thanks in advance

[KittyJ]

If you type vulnerable into the search box you will get all the recent posts about this. There’s lots of them 😊

[helixhelix]

Neither sulpha not hydroxy are listed as drugs that increase your risk. Here:

rheumatology.org.uk/Portals...

[charisma]

Those drugs are deemed not to increase your risk. But if you have active disease or a flare, that does increase risks. Lots of posts recently on the same. See the Leeds Teaching Hospitals chart posted twice.

[Scottishlad]

I was advised that stopping my medications would increase the levels of inflammation and thereby make me more susceptible to infection.