They have some significant benefits. Since they are non-acetylated they still have analgesic properties. There are different avenues we can go for relief of pain. Certainly instructing people on rest periods. Sometimes fatigue is a significant aspect of their RA and sometimes they need to be instructed to take these brief hiatuses, either a nap or just a rest period.
Heat can be helpful.
The old thing people used to use a lot, the paraffin wax treatments to give that deep heat because it helped relieve the stiffness. Exercise, certainly doing range of motion exercises is okay. Strengthening exercises should be reserved for patients when they are inactive. When you When we want to try and control disease, again we ve talked about the medications for the control of pain. For control of disease we can use some of the same medications, the salicylates and the non-steroidals.