RA Support Center

Living with RA since 1991
Taking Rituxan since 2007

When Her RA Treatment Wasn't Working Well, Rose Tried Something Different

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Is Rituxan Right for You?

The more your healthcare provider knows about you, the better he or she can help treat your rheumatoid arthritis (RA). If you haven't talked with your doctor about Rituxan, be sure to bring it up the next time you see him or her.

You should also read the Medication Guide before you start Rituxan. The Medication Guide does not take the place of talking to your doctor about your medical condition or your treatment. Talk with your doctor if you have any questions about your treatment with Rituxan.

You can use the list of questions below to help you and your doctor decide if Rituxan is right for you. Print a copy and bring it in to your next appointment to help with the discussion.

Your Time to RISE™

For more information about RA, including a doctor discussion guide, enroll in RISE, an RA education and support network.

Let your healthcare provider know:

• How much your RA affects your daily activities. Have you had to miss work? Miss family or social events?
• If you have recently experienced more, or more severe, RA flares than in the past
• If you have joint swelling and stiffness every day
• What, if any, prescription or nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements you are currently taking for your RA, and which ones, if any, have worked well
• If you are satisfied with the convenience of your current RA treatment
• What medicines you've tried in the past and whether any of them worked well for your RA

Ask your healthcare provider:

• How Rituxan is different from other treatments you've taken and other available treatments
• How targeting B-cells works to help your RA
• How you could benefit from Rituxan
• What Rituxan's potential side effects are
• If there's anything else you should know about Rituxan

Tell your healthcare provider:

• About all the medicines you take, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or herbal supplements
• If you have had a severe infusion reaction to Rituxan in the past
• If you have an infection or have an infection that will not go away or that keeps coming back
• If you have or have had a hepatitis (liver) infection
• If you are scheduled to receive any vaccinations
• If you have heart or lung problems
• If you are breast-feeding, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant