Lots of New News After What Sounds Like An Extremely Successful Rheumatology Meeting/New Pain Medication Approved?

I've already heard great things from the weekend's meeting of the American Board of Rheumatology. There are already many articles coming out about medications, new research, and all types of things that will probably be coming out in news articles over the coming weeks.... There is also an article in the NYT's today about a new pain medication approved by the FDA. Due to all of the controversy over the "narcotic" pain meds lately, this of course was a mixed blessing depending on which angle you look at it. My understanding is that it will have a "security" type coating built into it, or something where the medication is not good if it is cut, smashed, or so forth. I am still looking into it, but I believe from what this article says, that will be the case.... for more information see this URL:


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/business/fda-shift-on-painkillers-was-years-in-the-making.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Lupus Patients and Low Income/Medicaid

http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/many-lupus-patients-forgo-needed-medication-study-finds


I can totally understand this.... Medicaid is different in different states... so there are many places medications may not be affordable to someone with a low income...

Well How Long had it taken them to figure this out???!! RA Early Treatment help to cut damaging effects!!!

http://healthyliving.msn.com/health-wellness/treating-rheumatoid-arthritis-early-may-cut-damaging-effects


Good Lord, will I ever have lots to say about this article!!!

Living through a "female's" hell....

Ya know... I have just about decided to change my ENTIRE REALM of thinking when it comes to writing, especially my BLOG!!! I want to start talking and writing about HOW MUCH CRAP WOMEN go through in order to just BE A FEMALE!!! Why is it that WE THROUGH ALL OF THESE CHANGES IN OUR LIVES, from the time we are a teenager and develop "a body" and curves, to child bearing years, birth control, yeast infections, annual "exams", and every kind of extremely "intimate" piece of us gets exposed most of our lives... mammograms, pap smears, dealing with cramps, and all those goes along with that.... then you go through either a "hysterical" ectomy! if you get my drift, to hormones changes that "atrophy" things that hell you never knew you "atrophy".... I am just blown away that men... don't have to worry about anything such as any of this... oh they may "worry" because it does not "fit" their schedule, when they are "in the mood"... I spent my entire morning crying my eyes out over "creams", worrying about another heart attack if I use some of these things that should make my life a little "special" again... WE always are making a "choice"... whatever it is, our bodies go through hell and back .... and then hell and back again... I am so totally torn into shreds about all of this crap, until i can't even write this without crying... it sucks

More News on the Lupus Front...

http://lupusresearchinstitute.org/lupus-news/discoveries/13/10/24/lupus-research-institute-announces-new-global-research-fundamental-c?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lrinews+%28Latest+News+from+the+Lupus+Research+Institute%29