Study shows patch therapy may be as effective as oral medications
...s a COX-2 inhibitor indicated for the treatment of arthritis pain including OA....Corrected metabolism leads to health benefits and weight loss
... a variety of medical conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and high blood pressure, says a leading Canadian General Practitioner. The Metabolism Correcting program begins when people who enroll are given a series of blood tests that measure 28 factors that relate to their metabolism. They are then give...University seeks recruits for arthritis study
...he University of Edinburgh are seeking people with arthritis to help them better understand how mood-- particul...Depression is common in people with arthritis, and arthritis patients are twice as likely to suffer from depression as members of the general population. In addi...Doctor suggested cannabis for pain relief, says one in six medicinal users in the UKMUHC study
... sclerosis (22 per cent), depression (22 per cent) arthritis (21 per cent) and neuropathy (19 per cent). Younger people, males and those who had used cannabis recreationally were also more likely to use it for medicinal reasons. Key findings included: 73 per cent of respondents used cannabis at least once a w...How effective are herbal supplements in reducing illnesses in children?
...sed for skin disorders, premenstrual syndrome, and arthritis because of its high concentration of essential fatty acids. Results of studies have suggested that evening primrose oil supplements may significantly improve the severity of dermatitis in children. Evening primrose oil supplements may also be assoc...Inflammation elevates risk of cardiac death in rheumatoid arthritis patients
...he systemic inflammation characterizing rheumatoid arthritis may be to blame for the increased risk of cardiova...factor for cardiovascular disease among rheumatoid arthritis patients," says Hilal Maradit Kremers, M.D., lead study investigator and research associate in the M...New imaging technologies can enhance orthopaedic outcomes
...have sustained joint or tendon injury, have severe arthritis or undergone joint replacement surgery. She added that imaging technology "should be held to the same degree of rigor as any clinical outcome instrument, and should be validated with regards to accuracy and reproducibility." "In osteoarthritis, new i...UCLA study shows that people drink less alcohol as they age
...may negatively interact with alcohol (such as most arthritis medications that may cause stomach bleeding with alcohol use). Other researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine, in addition to Moore, were Drs. David B. Reuben, professor of medicine and chief of the geriatrics division; Gail Greendale, pr...COX-2 product offers good and bad news in 'test tube' strokes
...ke Vioxx and Celebrex, which block COX-2, can ease arthritis but potentially harm the heart and brain. Katrin Andreasson, M.D., an assistant professor in the neurology and neuroscience departments at Hopkins, and lead author of the study, explains that the recent discoveries of cardiovascular complications wit...Optimal treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
...an men to develop it. Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis are also at high risk. Despite the prevalence of CTS and its considerable economic impact in terms of both worker absenteeism and compensation claims there is no universally accepted th...Rheumatoid arthritis patients have double the risk of heart failure
...Mayo Clinic researchers have found that rheumatoid arthritis patients have twice the risk of heart failure, or ...eumatology.org . About one-third of the rheumatoid arthritis patients studied developed heart failure over 30 years of the disease. "We decided to undertake thi...Rheumatoid arthritis linked to excess risk of congestive heart failure
A serious chronic disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by inflammation and damage of the joint, major organ involvement and increased mortality. Among patients, about one in three deaths results from cardiovascular disease (conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels). Congesti...Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- People with rheumatoid arthritis not only have a higher risk of coronary heart dise...d arthritis. After their diagnosis, the rheumatoid arthritis patients were twice as likely to experience unrecognized heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths. H...COX-2 inhibitor increases the risk of heart attack in elderly adults with no history of heart attack
...sed to relieve the pain and inflammation caused by arthritis in the elderly. These drugs are believed to increase the 'stickiness' of blood platelets--the tiny bodies that assist in blood clot formation. "It is possible that stickier platelets increase the chance of a blockage forming in a blood vessel of the ...Clinical trial of Etanercept for Wegener's disease shows no benefit
...alled Enbrel, is a common treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and other types of joint inflammation. "We had hoped that this approach to the treatment of Wegener's granulomatosis would be useful in preventing disease relapses," says John H. Stone, M.D., associate professor of medicine, director of the Johns Hop...Study estimates number of excess cases of coronary heart disease caused by Vioxx
The arthritis drug Vioxx could have caused an estimated 88,000-140,000 excess cases of serious coronary heart disease in the USA since its launch in 1999, concludes a study published online by THE LANCET. Vioxx (rofecoxib) belongs to a class of cyclo-oxygenase 2 ...JCI table of contents, January 20 2005
...of calcium in bone are complications of rheumatoid arthritis and gum disease. The cell ultimately responsible for bone breakdown is the osteoclast, which is under the influence of a molecule known as RANKL. However our understanding of what triggers RANKL expression and its full effects on the osteoclast remai...Editorial urges 'black-box' warning for Bextra and Celebrex
...k extends to patients treated with lower doses for arthritis because studies of sufficient size and duration have not been reported," Furberg said. FitzGerald, who has been studying COX-2 inhibitors for more than six years, says that plans by Pfizer to study potential cardiovascular benefits of Celebrex are i...Penn researchers add more evidence to demonstrate role of COX inhibitors in heart-disease risk
...ect the expected rates of cardiovascular events in arthritis patients have not been performed with Bextra. While FitzGerald stresses that the emergence of a cardiovascular signal with a second COX-2 inhibitor rendered the argument for a class effect of the risk "compelling," the early cessation of a placebo-c...FDA approves Pfizer's Lyrica for the treatment of the two most common forms of neuropathic pain
...c pain states, which are distinctly different from arthritis or musculoskeletal pain. Developed by Pfizer, Lyrica has a newly defined mechanism of action. Lyrica will be available to physicians and patients in the near future. "Lyrica is an important new therapy for millions of people suffering from the two m...