• How often do you tell people, “I’m fine” even though your still in pain? While pharmaceutical drugs have come a long way in treating Rheumatoid Arthritis, I hear from my patients they are still in pain, they still have flare ups and that isn’t even mentioning the side effects from the drugs. In this disorder of the immune system your body’s immune cells attack the lining of your joints. Conventional western medicine relies on pharmaceuticals to shut down the inflammatory immune response to calm down the symptoms, but they do little to treat the underlying cause of the disease and rebalance your immune system overall.