Doctors will typically prescribe medications to (1) reduce flare length/severity/frequency, (2) decrease the chance of the disease progressing into RA, and (3) to reduce inflammatory swelling that causes joint pain. Generally you'll be on one medication for 1+2 and one NSAIDs medication for 3.
Some of the common drugs used are:
- hydroxychloroquine sulfate
- methotrexate
- plaquenil
- sulfasalazine
- prednisone
- nabumetone
- naproxen
**By no means a complete list of the medications a doctor could prescribe for PR! This is just a list of some of the more common ones you'll hear about.