text: anyone else have severe rhuematoid arhtritis? have any suggestions as for help with the pain and fatigue??? yes, i am 53 with gout and arthritis like most of my family. i liked vioxx, but take celebrex now and other meds for the gout. keep busy, walk when i can, try to keep my weight down and stay active, doing fun things i like to distract me from the pain. (home now because i can not put any weight on my right foot). sometimes i have to take stronger pains meds, so i can sleep.