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Category Archives: arthritis
Self Questionnaire For Inflammatory Arthritis
Tweet Group is in process of putting together a self administered inflammatory arthritis questionnaire – this is what they have come up with so far…
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New Arthritis Pain Option – Botox It
Tweet For some years, they were finding Botox into ankle, shoulder and hip joints was giving pain relief. Now injecting Botox 25 u into a thumb Metacarpal-phalangeal and 50 – 100 units into cervical facet joints gives a similar result.
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PR) – What can Help?
Tweet Prednisone dosage for the PR is a major concern. Initial dosages can be 20 mg daily, decreased 50% at 21 weeks. The accumulative dose is dangerous for osteoporosis, weight gain, hypertension and heart disease. Methotrexate at 7.5 mg weekly … Continue reading
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Osteoarthritis Can Improve With Antibiotics – What Does That Mean -and would this prove safer than NSAID’s?
Tweet In osteoarthritics, Doxycycline, a tetracycline, was found to reduce knee joint space narrowing by 40% at 16 months and 33% at 30 months compared to placebo. In another study, after noticing a rapid reduction of inflammation in an OA … Continue reading
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Knee Mensicus Tears – Accelerate Osteoarthrtis or Bistander?
Tweet A Recent Framingham study has demonstrated on MRI: By age 69, 50% have meniscial tears; it is more common in women 61% of these tears were asymptomatic In cases of Osteoarthritis, those with symptoms 63% had cartilage tears, without … Continue reading
Polymyalgia Rheumatica – Back and Neck Pains
Tweet http://ard.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/67/6/758 “Cervical interspinous bursae lie anteriorly in C6–C7 interspinous spaces (arrows). B. Median sagittal section through L3–L5 of the vertebral column. Lumbar interspinous bursae lie posteriorly in L3–L5 interspinous spaces (arrows).” These are inflamed bursas between the posterior neck … Continue reading
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The Pain Diagnosis that Cannot be Made in Women – Spine Arthritis – Ankylosing Spondylitis
Tweet A recent study found doctors had a poor knowledge of the features of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) which is why only 6% of women with this disease are properly diagnosed by GP’s. This will mean women with active spinal arthritis … Continue reading
New Treatment for Thumb base Arthritis – 60% relief but you won’t like it…
Tweet Arthritis of the joint in the wrist down from the thumb can be common and in some cases eludes successful treatment. Recent article published in the prestigious medical journal, Pain, describes one application of leeches to the area can … Continue reading
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Can’t Tolerate Arthritis Pills? – Try SAMe But Give It a Month.
Tweet Most NSAID’s (arthrtis pills) have a GI bleed (stomach bleed) rate of 10%. Diclofenac is 7%. Celebrex is 5% but only if they are not taking ASA. I have cases that cannot tolerate any NSAID’s or due to major … Continue reading
Glucosamine in RA -pain but not inflammation?
Tweet Glucosamine 1500 mg/day seemed to help the pain of RA but not signs of inflammation – add on for Acetaminophen in NSAID intolerant along with fluvastatin (Lescol)?
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