Yes, it definitely affects thr neck and spine joints...neck/spine problems were significant enough that I needed and had a fusion on my neck in 2012.

Thank you. I thought I was going nuts. I went yesterday for my checkup . I have been on rinvoq for 3 months now. I have seen some improvement but my neck , sacral area and ankles are in much pain. At night my neck is very painful. She last did an xr of my neck in 2022 and it was showing straightening and reversal curvature. She said then it was not due to RA .My neck pain has worsened significantly. Her response was use Flexeril , attend PT - RA does not affect the neck or spine. My cholesterol is now 326, because of rinvoq. She said talk to your primary at your November appointment about a statin and improve eating . I have been so good about eating lately and whatever movement I can when feeling able to push through. In the past month I have been experiencing neuropathy of my feet. On top of that they again did not get all my labs , they were able to get a lipid panel and TSH, but not the metabolic panel or cbc . Feeling like with a bit of improvement in the RA pain, frustration that if I continue rinvoq , a statin will be the first in a line of medications.
Thanks for allowing me to vent here 😔

Tonya, hi there. You have problems with osteoarthritis in the neck and could be the entire spine. Neuropathy in your feet do you have diabetes? If you are able to take an anti-inflammatory like Meloxicam or Diclofenac it will help with osteoarthritis inflammation. I use a lot of Voltaren Gel the generic gel is the same Diclofenac. I also take a stronger anti-spasm medication Zaniflex and narcotics because my spine is extremely painful. I go to a pain management doctor here in Dallas. you may want to find one they can use steroid injections to the neck to take care of the inflammation from the arthritis. I have had them in my spine worked well. I also have had the nerves in my spine burned or ablated. Great relief from that.