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Joy Buchanan

posted 02/20/2008, comments (0)

Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled

Have you been using Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products to relieve your aches and pains? Well, be careful, because the manufacturer, Chattem, Inc. recently announced "a voluntary nationwide recall of its Icy Hot Heat Therapy products, including consumer "samples" that were included on a limited promotional basis in cartons of its 3... Read more Chevron

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Joy Buchanan

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posted 02/07/2008, comments (0)

FDA cracks down on marketing of injectable colchicine

Colchicine injections are an accepted, but not FDA-approved method to relieve acute gout symptoms. Colchicine reduces the swelling and pain caused by attacks of gout or gouty arthritis. Arthritis may trigger the deposit of uric acid crystals in joints, the main cause of gout, according to a report in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The... Read more Chevron

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Christine Miller

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posted 02/07/2008, comments (0)

Not exercising at all? How about PACE?

The People with Arthritis Can Exercise (PACE) Program, developed by the Arthritis Foundation, is a land-based program that helps people with rheumatoid arthritis incorporate exercise into their lives. Participants meet for 1 hour, twice a week for 8 weeks. The program is offered at fitness centers, churches, senior-centers and other community... Read more Chevron

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Mark Borigini, M.D.

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posted 01/25/2008, comments (5)

Cox-2 Inhibitors Revisited, Again

A couple of months back I wrote a blog discussing the concerns I and many others have regarding the return of severe gastrointestinal side effects as a result of the increasing use of the so-called traditional anti-inflammatories. This is of course to be expected due to the fears so many patients have now of the sole COX-2 inhibitor remaining on... Read more Chevron

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