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If you experience joint pain when you walk or move, promises for a quick and inexpensive cure can be hard to resist. But don’t believe the hype. And don’t assume the people you see in the ads are real.
Unlike drugs, joint pain supplements are not evaluated or reviewed by FDA for safety and effectiveness, and supplements claiming to reduce pain and rebuild cartilage might not be proven to work.
Many studies have been performed on the effectiveness of fish oil to help with joint pain with RA and it has generally found to be well tolerated and effective. It seems to be equally effective with OA.
seems people do though....millions of steroid injections into spines every year..none approved by the FDA though.
A lot of this is done per insurance company directive though. I'm almost certain my insurance wouldn't have approved me going once, and only once, to the spine surgeon and then promptly getting surgery without me trying PT and injections first. They're lower in cost, invasiveness and risk and for a great many people, injections (and/or ablations) are effective. The steroid is usually accompanied by a pain relief agent to numb the nerve in question, so in that regard, there is a diagnostic value as well as a therapeutic one. If you get pain relief for even 12-24 hours, they know they've isolated the problem, which is important to know going forward.
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I have bursitis in both of my elbows. I know this is not technically a 'joint' but the tensions that go over the joint.
I have found that Krill oil at 3,000mg will make the swelling go down and relieve the pain.
Normally I take 1,000mg as a maintenance dose, but sometimes when I do work that enflames my bursitis, I will need to up my dose to 3,000mg for a few days.
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My fifteen year old dog stopped limping and finds it much easier to jump up onto the sofa since she's been taking Cosequin, a glucosamine/chondroitin MSM HA supplement.
My fifteen year old dog stopped limping and finds it much easier to jump up onto the sofa since she's been taking Cosequin, a glucosamine/chondroitin MSM HA supplement.
I'm older than your dog and I also have good results with glucosamine chondroitin.
I have bursitis in both of my elbows. I know this is not technically a 'joint' but the tensions that go over the joint.
I have found that Krill oil at 3,000mg will make the swelling go down and relieve the pain.
Normally I take 1,000mg as a maintenance dose, but sometimes when I do work that enflames my bursitis, I will need to up my dose to 3,000mg for a few days.
I get bursitis occasionally. I find that taking 10,000 IU's of vitamin D3 daily over 3 to 5 days will knock it out. I've seen advice that says to take it for up to 10 days but no more to avoid toxic buildup in the liver. For arthritis, there are recommendations to take 2,000 IU's daily and perhaps as high as 4,000 IU's.
I also use hydrogen peroxide mouthwash to reduce the bacteria and reduce rheumatoid arthritis. If the RA is from autoimmunity, it won't do any good. There are warnings to limit H2O2 use since long-term use hurts tooth enamel.
Go read some of the threads on the Retirement Forum about what works and what does not. They use glucosamine and chondroitin mostly but they discuss the different brands and what works best. I've heard from dancers who took plain old Knox gelatin and it worked for them. I use amino acids, Lysine and Proline combination and it works. Not saying that these rebuild very much cartilage but they stop the pain within a few days, as I've said before. I cited the scientific evidence in one thread but am not going back now to find it. Obviously, it's not a HUGE amount of a difference, but evidence points to it helping a little bit, probably enabling the cartilage to rebuild a little bit. Sometimes that's all you need.
I have minor OA in both knees. Orthopedic surgeon said he couldn’t help. My family doctor’s mom uses Move Free and said tp that supplement helped her. I use it and if I go without, knees start hurting. I walk at least a mile a day, often more.
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