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GARY MYERSON: One of the ways
that we know our drugs work is
my quality of life
is dramatically better.
My hot, red, and swollen joints
are better, my fatigue is less,
and I am more
functional and active.
So when you start a therapy,
to begin with,
it's going to take time.
It takes three to four months.
If I've been on a drug
for a long period of time,
I can develop a tolerance.
It doesn't work as well as it
used to.
Everything I had before slowly
starts to come back--
increasing morning stiffness;
increasing hot, red,
and swollen joints;
increasing fatigue.
In some circumstances,
you can actually draw a blood
test and actually see if you
developed an antibody
to the drug.
That is done very frequently
by our gastroenterologist
friends who use
the same products.
But in our case, we basically
realize that it isn't working,
and we will change medications.
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