I Have Osteoarthritis Of The Knee? What Does The Future Hold For Me? – a free article by Nathan Wei
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Concerns regarding the relative safety of TNF inhibiting drugs has somewhat limited their use in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The perception has been that older patients are more likely to have side-effects. These potential side effects include an increased rate of infection, increased problems related to bone marrow or liver toxicity, the development of a multiple-sclerosis like syndrome, and reactivation of tuberculosis.
A recent study though has provid…
Multiple studies have demonstrated that early aggressive management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is beneficial.What many patients don’t understand is why this is so important. Beyond the pain, stiffness, and inability to perform activities of daily living, moist patients aren’t aware of the other insidious dangers that rheumatoid arthritis- if not…
The new gold standard for rheumatoid arthritis treatment is the use of biologic response modifiers (BRMs) with or without methotrexate.Since their introduction more than ten years ago, concerns have been raised by some about safety. As a result, multiple studies evaluating the potential side-effects of this group of medicines have…
Part 1.It’s remarkable that rooster combs have provided the source of a frequently used treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Through a combination of research and serendipity, viscosupplements- a type of lubrication treatment for OA of the knee- originally derived from rooster combs, are widely used by both rheumatologists…
Osteoarthritis is perhaps the fastest growing form of arthritis in the United States. According to the Arthritis Foundation, one third of all adult Americans have x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis. Last year over 7 million visits to the doctor were osteoarthritis related which is second to cardiovascular disease in America….
One of the first articles to mention stem cell therapy for osteoarthritis was an article published in the December 2003 article Arthritis and Rheumatism (Murphy JM, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2003; 48: 3464-3474.)The research team took two groups of goats and created osteoarthritis in their knees by removing the medial…
Arthroplasty (joint replacement surgery) involving the hip and knee is one of the most common orthopedic procedures performed in the United States.The technology has improved so that a good to excellent outcome is the usual result. Complications and side effects such as postoperative infection, thrombophlebitis (blood clots), loosening of the…
Common antibiotics have been used for over 30 years to effectively treat the occult infections that cause rheumatoid arthritis. However the vast majority of doctors have yet to accept that the abnormal autoimmune responses associated with rheumatoid arthritis are triggered and sustained by treatable infections.
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