Abbreviations

This is a list of some commonly used abbreviations when talking about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

AOSD = Adult Onset Still's Disease
AS = Ankylosing Spondylitis
AP = Antibiotic Protocol

AVN = Avascular Necrosis
CFIDS = Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome
CNS = Central nervous System
CREST = Calcinosis, Raynauds, Esophagus disease, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia

CTS = Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Disorders

DDD = Degenerative Disk Disease
DIL = Drug Induced Lupus

DISH = Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

DJD Degenerative Joint Disease
EDS Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
FMS = Fibromyalgia Syndrome

HERX = Jarische-Herxheimer Reaction

IBS = Irritable Bowel Syndrome
JRA = Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

JH = Joint Hypermobility
MCTD = Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
MTX = methotrexate

OA = Osteoarthritis
PA = Psoriatic Arthritis

PMR = Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Pred = prednisone
RA = Rheumatoid Arthritis

RLS = Restless Leg Syndrome
RS = Reiter's Syndrome

RSD = Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

RSI = Repetitive Strain Injury
SD = Scleroderma
SLE = Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
SS = Sjogren's Syndrome
TMJ Temperomandibular Joints
UCTS Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Syndrome

Medications

ABX = antibiotics
ASA = Acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin)
COX = Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
DMARDs = Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs

Mino = Minocin (brand) or minocycline (generic)
MTX = Methotrexate
NSAIDs = Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs