10 Things Only Someone with Rheumatoid Arthritis Will Understand
Hearing “Why don’t you just take Tylenol?” is not helpful
People think: Rheumatoid arthritis is just a type of joint pain, right? Why are you paying for such expensive medication when you could save a couple (hundred) dollars and just buy some Tylenol?
Or even some grocery store brand acetaminophen; it’s all the same after all, they say.
Except you know it is not all the same. RA meds are more than just fancy, expensive Tylenol pills. They are high quality, expensive, and this is the fourth person you have had to explain this to today.
