Great suggestions as my arthritis pain has become worse in the last few months. Thanks for the great input. It's great that sounds like yours promote alternative ways to deal with such a condition instead of just pushing for medication that is known to have long-term negative effects for your body. Considering that, I also find a lot of comfort when it comes to medically approved marijuana edibles specially if they come from sources that I can trust. The effects are great, and I do enjoy eating gummy bears and feeling better without so much pain in my daily life.

Dr J. C. Alvarez is doing my TKR down here in Sebring Fl. Look him up.

Good Luck on you.

Surgery next week. Cool. I would alternate heat and ice and stay off of it.

Good luck with your surgery

The obvious advice is go with whatever works for you. Pain is a very personal thing and there is no one fits all solution.

My original post was enquiring if anyone was specifically on the BUTRANS Patch, seems no one is and that surprises me.

Hi. I was pretty recently diagnosed with RA myself.. How long til you developed the allergy and how did you know? I take ibuprofen and acetametaphin a lot because the hospital here refuses to give me any pain meds for any of my chronic pain. I also have fibromyalgia and osteo arthritis as well as really severe degenerative disc disease. I just got a rx for methotrexate today so hoping that helps some.