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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Pain Medicine For Rheumatoid Arthritis

Experimental med treats cause of RA, not just RA pain

October 02, 2008
A new medication to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is entering clinical trials in Great Britain. The new medicine, currently called BN006, is said to treat the source of RA and not just the pain caused by the condition. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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There may be new ways to test for Rheumatoid Factor
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...her rheumatologist.   With the rising cost of medicines, rheumatologists could benefit from... Read more »

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...inquiring about the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in treating rheumatoid... Read more »

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Exercise is Part of a Healthy Lifestyle for Rheumatoid Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...2006 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that just over a third of... Read more »

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Ask the Expert: Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Complicating Diabetes?
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...finding a way to control the two together. I can take medicine for the arthritis pain but it... Read more »

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Turmeric Extract May Help Prevent and Ease the Pain of Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...for centuries as an anti-inflammatory in Ayurvedic medicine. In Asian countries, it is used as a... Read more »

Health Guide

New Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis
...considering these drugs can learn from your experiences. Read the patient summary from the Annals of Internal Medicine, entitled Abatacept for People with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis. Read more »
Meet Dr. Borigini
Mark James Borigini, MD, graduated from Hahnemann University (now Drexel University) School of Medicine in 1988 and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, Irvine,... Read more »
Spondyloarthritis Symptoms and Causes
...fever    * Stiffness and limited motion in the low back    * Weight lossSources: National Library of Medicine, American College of Rheumatology Read more »
Arthritis
...rheumatoid arthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2004; 30(2): 329-347. Marx J. Rosens Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby;... Read more »
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Ranking 4.5 stars out of 5 Throughout the history of medicine, quantifying pain has been an issue. How do we explain "how much" pain we're experiencing in a way that's universally understood? As... Read more »

Medications

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...temperature for 60 to 90 minutes before injecting the medicine. Before injecting each... Read more »

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...increase grip strength. How To Use This medicine comes with a Patient Information... Read more »

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...it. Do not start, stop or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.... Read more »

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, chronic disease that affects about 2 million Americans. There are... Read summary »

Hope for Childhood Arthritis
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CLEVELAND (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- We think of arthritis as something that hits when we get old. But it can strike kids, too. One type can leave... Read summary »

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A form of an Eastern medical practice and an exotic spice may offer significant pain relief to some arthritis patients, two studies suggest. In one... Read summary »

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The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) says medications that contain piroxicam should be restricted because of the risk of gastrointestinal problems... Read summary »

Some complementary meds have no effect on arthritis: study
February 19, 2009

An analysis of published studies on complementary therapies such as capsaicin gel, S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe), and glucosamine has found that... Read summary »