You may like to check whether your doctor has a medicine information sheet. Medicines and pregnancy Women who are on medication for their arthritis must talk to their doctor if they are thinking of starting a family. Some anti-arthritis medicines can be harmful in pregnancy and it may be necessary to adjust medication.
All medicines produce side-effects.
Reactions vary hugely from person to person, and medicine to medicine. On the other hand, arthritis medicines are usually powerful, and some can produce unpleasant and damaging effects. Your doctor should be constantly supervising your treatment - mainly to check whether the medicines you are taking are effective and agree with you. If not, they can be changed. The risk of taking medicines needs to be weighed against the adverse effects of not taking them.