my fingers have bothered me off and on for years and thought i will have oa like my mom. a couple of months ago they became alot worse like hard to open jars even baggies. but the pain was now in the joints that affect you with ra. went to the md and she said i was to young for arthritis but put me on celebrex anyway to see if it helped. well a few days after that they did feel better not sure if it was just a coincidence because celebrex takes a few weeks to start working. anyway i stopped the med and a few weeks later its back but now my wrists knees,elbows and neck are involved.  sontinued with the celebrex and am going to the md this week for a referral to a rheumy.  now i get winded easily and feel short of breath sometimes on exersion.some days i am achy as well.not sure if this is part of ra or not. anyway i will let you know what i find out.thanks