What Doctors Don't Tell YouIs there an alternative way of dealing with osteoarthritis, specifically spondylitis? As you are no doubt aware, orthodox medicine has no answer. In fact, following an X-ray, which established tha ...
THE COX-2s: Oh well, back to the drawing board
In treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), conventional medicine has concentrated on powerful drugs to suppress symptoms. But there are a surprising number of alternative treatments that deal more di ...
* Black cumin (Nigella sativa). Constituents in the oil and seeds - in particular, thymoquinine (TQ) - have shown potent anti-inflammatory effects in conditions such as arthritis (Int Immunopharmacol, 2005; 5: 1749-70).
Suggested dosage: 1 tsp/day of
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In the time honoured tradition of waste not want not, doctors are treating arthritis sufferers with an antimalarial drug. This Jack of all trades is oral hydroxychloroquine, which seems to help rh ...
Getting optimal levels of several nutrients should also be a part of your prevention programme. The most important of these are:
* The gears of bureaucracy grind slowly . . . And speaking of arthritis, doctors and patients have been recently warned about one of the slow-acting, anti-rheumatic drugs (SAARDs) used as a second-line treatment
Second-line treatments to treat rheumatoid arthritis are being pushed to the front at greater risk to the patient. ...
Many supplements and diet programmes offer complete relief for arthritis sufferers, but your regime needs to be individualised according to your specific requirements.
