Health Information

At Asheville Arthritis we strongly believe that patients should be knowledgeable about their condition, and participate in making health care decisions.

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Disease Information
Treatment Information
Corrona Research Affiliation Information
Disease Support Organizations
Healthcare Reform
Trusted Educational Resources
Advocate for Your Health

Disease Information

Information about your disease is available via the links below to the American College of Rheumatology:

A

Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Arthritis

C

Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition (CPPD)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Chronic Pain Educational Video
Corona Virus COVID-19
Cryopyrin-Associated Autoinflammatory Syndrome (CAPS) (Juvenile)

D

Dermatomyositis (Juvenile)

F

Familial Mediterranean Fever (Juvenile)
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia Chronic Pain Educational Video

G

Giant Cell Arteritis
Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis
Gout
Gout Action Plan
Gout Education .org
Granulomatosis with Polyangitis (Wegener’s)

H

HCV & Rheumatic Diseases
HIV & Rheumatic Diseases
Hypermobility (Juvenile)
Hyperimmunoglobulin D Syndrome (Juvenile)

I

Inflammatory Myopathies
Influenza

J

Juvenile Arthritis

L

Localized Scleroderma (Juvenile)
Lupus
Lupus and Pregnancy
Lyme Disease

M

Metabolic Myopathies

O

Osteoarthritis
Osteonecrosis
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ)
Osteoporosis

P

Paget’s Disease of Bone
Inflammatory Myopathies Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Psoriatic Arthritis

R

Raynaud’s Phenomenon
Reactive Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis

S

Scleroderma
Sjögren’s Syndrome
Spinal Stenosis
Spondyloarthritis

T

Takayasu’s Arteritis
Tendinitis & Bursitis
Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (Juvenile)

V

Treatment Information

Information about your treatment is available via the links below to the American College of Rheumatology:

A

Abaloparatide (Tymlos)
Abatacept (Orencia)
ACR Guidelines for perioperative management of antirheumatic medications for hip and knee replacement
Adalimumab (Humira)
Aledronate (Fosamax)
Allopurinol (Zyloprim, Aloprim)
Anakinra (Kineret)
Anifrolumab-fnia (Saphnelo)
Anti-TNF Drugs
Apremilast (Otezla)
Azathioprine (Imuran)

B

Belimumab (Benlysta)
Bisphosphonate Therapy

C

Canakinumab (Ilaris)
Certolizumab pegol (Cimzia)
Clinical Research Trials
Colchicine (Colcrys, Mitigare)
Corticosteroids
Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)
Cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune, Gengraf)

D

Denosumab (Prolia)

E

Etanercept (Enbrel)

F

Febuxostat (Uloric)

G

Golimumab (Simponi Aria, Simponi)
Guselkumab (Tremfya)

H

Hyaluronic Acid
Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)

I

Ibandronate (Boniva)
Infliximab (Remicade)
Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
Intravenous (IV) Methylprednisolone (Solu-medrol)
Ixekizumab (Taltz)

J

Joint Injection/Aspiration
Joint Surgery

L

Leflunomide (Arava)
Lesinurad (Zurampic)

M

Methotrexate (Otrexup, Resuvo)
Minocycline (Minocin)
Mycophenolate (Cellcept, Myfortic)

N

P

Pegloticase (Krystexxa)
Prednisone (Deltasone)

R

Risankizumab-rzaa (Skyrizi)
Risedronate (Actonel)
Rituximab (Rituxan)
Rilonacept (Arcalyst)
Romosozumab (Evenity)

S

Sarilumab (Kevzara)
Secukinumab (Cosentyx)
Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)

T

Teriparatide (Forteo)
TNF Inhibitors
Tocilizumab (Actemra)
Tofacitinib Citrate (Xeljanz)

U

Upadacitinib (Rinvoq)
Ustekinumab (Stelara)

Z

Zoledronic Acid (Reclast)

Advocate For Your Health

simpletasks.org
arthritis.org/advocate

Corrona Research Affiliation

Asheville Arthritis has been a clinical participating site for Corrona since 2011. Corrona is the leading provider of real world observation data for autoimmune disease. Our participation with this organization furthers our understanding of autoimmune diseases for real patients in the real world.

Learn more at: corrona.org

Disease Support Organizations

For many diseases there are support organizations that help patients live successfully with their disease, and advocate on their behalf. Some of these organizations are listed below. Let us know if there is another organization we should add.

Healthcare Reform

Healthcare reform can be a good thing, a way to improve the health care in the United States. But sometimes healthcare reform can go awry, and do more harm than good. Be knowledgeable about ongoing health care reform so that you can advocate on your own behalf.

simpletasks.org
healthcare.gov

Trusted Educational Resources

There are many excellent resources for patients on the internet. Be aware of course that the internet has no editor, so rely on reputable sites affiliated with known organizations. Some of the sites you may find useful include: