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This week on our #WiseWordsWednesday blog we’re continuing to look back at some of our most popular blogs. Today, we’re focusing on our blog about taking folic acid alongside methotrexate. This continues to be a question we get all the … Continue reading →

As we’ve been doing over the past few weeks, today for our #WiseWordsWednesday blog, we’re looking back at some of our more popular blogs from over the years. As the seasons change and we start to eat higher amounts of … Continue reading →

Bonefit is a program that was designed by health professionals in cooperation with the Osteoporosis Society to “reduce fractures, morbidity, mortality and costs from osteoporosis through an integrated and comprehensive approach aimed at health promotion and disease management.”1 The program has … Continue reading →

This week on our blog, we are continuing our theme of looking back at some of our more popular posts from the last few years. Today, we bring you a very popular one, “Raynauds Phenomenon is more than cold hands … Continue reading →

We often get questions as to why medications have such long complicated names and people wonder if the names have meaning. In actual fact, the naming of prescription medications is based on international nomenclature regulations. When a new category of … Continue reading →

For many of us September feels like the start of a new year, even though we are still in 2019. As we reflect back over the last 2 1/2 years we have been writing our Wise Words Wednesdays blog, there … Continue reading →

We often get questions regarding the best diet for a person with an inflammatory condition.  Although there are foods that carry a greater inflammatory impact, eliminating these foods don’t always make a difference for a person’s inflammatory condition.  The best person to … Continue reading →

Every day we get questions in our infusion clinics. Today’s blog features one of those questions… Rituximab (Rituxan) is a biologic therapy that depletes a specific type of B cell in the immune system. This B cell is responsible for … Continue reading →

Many people question taking their medication on a regular basis when their disease is under control.  When medication is working well, it is preventing flares of disease.  Each flare of an autoimmune condition can cause damage which is often irreversible. … Continue reading →

Ensure you have eaten a full meal prior to your infusion. Drink plenty of water to be well hydrated. This should begin the night before your infusion. Always bring a current list of medications to each infusion. New medications or a … Continue reading →