Patient Education

The ACR and ARHP have prepared information for patients about 28 rheumatic diseases, about the caregivers who treat patients with arthritis, and about several common medications used to treat rheumatic diseases.

Disease-Specific Information:

Listed below are some of the more common diseases and conditions treated by rheumatology health care professionals. Use this information as a starting point in your research about rheumatic diseases.

Antiphospholipid Syndrome	Myopathies	Reactive Arthritis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Osteoarthritis	Rheumatoid Arthritis
Fibromyalgia	Osteoartritis - Español	Artritis Reumatoidea - Español
Fibromialgia - Español	Osteonecrosis	Scleroderma
Giant Cell Arteritis	Osteoporosis	Sjögren's Syndrome
Gout	Osteoporosis - Español	Spinal Stenosis
Gota - Español	Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis	Spondylitis
HCV-Associated Arthritis	Paget’s Disease	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
HIV-Associated Rheumatic Disease Syndromes	Polymyalgia Rheumatica	Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico - Español
Juvenile Arthritis	Polimialgia Reumática - Español	Tendonitis / Bursitis
Lyme Disease	Pseudogout	Wegener's Granulomatosis
Metabolic Myopathies	Psoriatic Arthritis

Additional Topics of Note

Back Pain	Herbal and Natural Remedies	Joint Surgery
Clinical Research Trials	Remedios naturales y a base de hierbas - Español	Living Well with a Rheumatic Disease
Exercise and Arthritis	Heredity and Arthritis	Neck Pain
Ejercicio y artritis - Español	The Immune System	Pregnancy and Rheumatic Disease
Fluorescent Antinuclear Antibody (FANA) Test: "False Positive"	Joint Injection/Aspiration	Sex and Arthritis

Information About Medications

This new information for patients describes some of the most common medications being used in rheumatologic care.

Azathioprine (Imuran)	Leflunomide (Arava)
Biologics (Enbrel, Humira, Kineret, Remicade)	Methotrexate (Rheumatrex)
Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)	Minocycline (Minocin)
Cyclosporine (Neoral, Sandimmune, Gengraf)	Mycophenolate (Cellcept)
Gold (Ridaura, Myochrysine, Solganol)	NSAIDs (Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Celebrex)
Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil)	Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine)

Briefing papers on caregivers:

For many patients, care from an interdisciplinary team offers the best results in treating rheumatic diseases. These briefing papers outline the role of many health professionals you might come into contact with as a patient.

What is a Rheumatologist?	¿Qué es un reumatólogo? - Español	The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse
The Role of the Registered Nurse	The Role of the Occupational Therapist	The Role of the Physical Therapist
The Role of the Social Worker	The Role of Interdisciplinary Team Management	The Role of the Psychologist
The Role of the Rheumatologist