my grandmother took boniva and it truly did help her with hers.

but then medicare refused to pay for it and they switched her off. now...

bring on the pain.

:( damned pharmaceutical bass tards.

I was diganosed with arthritis just over a year ago...I have it in BOTH hands, between the lower thumb joint and wrist. The first perscription I tried was prioxicam...for the first week I was on it, I forgot I had any pain whatsoever. After than it didn't help at all. This summer I tried another perscription, etodolac, which cost 10x more and gave me absolutly NO relief. I have also tried ibuprofrine, aleve, regular tylenol, oh...and a topical, Capzasin...nothing so far has helped.

I too have been told about Glucosimine, I guess maybe it's time for me to try it.

Have you tried water walking?

I have osteo arthritis in my back. The number one thing I do is keep my weight down. If I gain 2 lbs I feel it in my back. I also pop ibuprophen like candy.

Walking and strengthening your body will help relieve the pain. Exercize.

When the pain is really bad, I will alternate hot and cold packs and use the A535 rub.


Oh and drinking lots of alcohol helps!!!

i guess they are making some progress in figuring out how to regrow human limbs and such, much like a lizard losing its tail and then regrowing it

perhaps one day if something goes shot, off with it and grow a new one!

SynVisc is s'posed to be magic...ms godmother has MS and they use it for her knees...i have arthritis, but because of my other medications i can't take much for it 'cept pain pills...so i've been trying a supplement called serrapeptase. it's an enzyme derived from silk worms and it's supposed to "eat away" a scar tissue...it's helped quite a bit with movement and it's fairly reasonably priced...just an idea.