Covid 19 vaccine & rheumatoid arthritis.

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Asked for Male, 33 Years

I'm 33 years old Male and diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I was on medicines some couple of months back like DMARDs (methotrexate, hydroxy chloroquine) and NSAIDs (Etoricoxib , diclofenac) , folic acid, Vitamins etc. My doctor told me that it could be genetic as my mother and aunt had the same problem. I took those medicines for some couple of months and recovered. I just stopped taking medicines and felt no pain at all for several months. Now for last 3 months I can feel it again, stiffness in joints and swellings. Although not as severe it used to be. But still painful enough to make me swallow an etoricoxib 120 tab. Now my question is whether should I take the covid 19 vaccine (Covishield) or not? Is it safe in my condition? I'm afraid what if I get a flare up after getting vaccinated? I really appreciate the advice by experts here. Thanks.

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Dr. Mohammad Saquib Alam

Internal Medicine 6 yrs exp Aligarh

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There treatment for rheumatoid arthritis should not have been discontinued with out doctors advice you can take the vaccine as there is no no problem with the vaccine.

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for further management please consult me on Practo so I could review you older reports and advise you accordingly

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