| Arthritis pain is no more than joint inflammation. | | | | rheumatoid arthritis were dead and the majority of the |
| However, arthritis pain appears in many different | | | | remaining patients became severely disabled due to |
| forms (more than one hundred types), and strikes | | | | their arthritis pain. |
| millions of Americans. The actual causes of arthritis | | | | Do you have rheumatoid arthritis? Are you using |
| pain are relatively unknown, but it seems that as you | | | | arthritis medication to treat your arthritis pain? Do you |
| age you become more susceptible to arthritis pain. | | | | have concern over the potentially hazardous side |
| According to the Arthritis Foundation, most treatment | | | | effects of arthritis medication? After all, all |
| programs involve arthritis medication, rest, exercise, | | | | pharmaceutical drugs are toxic by nature. They may |
| and means of avoiding joint pain. | | | | be able to alleviate your arthritis pain, while creating |
| According to the Arthritis Foundation, Aspirin is one of | | | | other new symptoms that have to be dealt with |
| the major as well as the safest drugs for treating | | | | further down the road. |
| arthritis pain. For treating more serious cases, | | | | How about nutritional therapy as an alternative |
| increased dosage of Aspirin is often recommended. | | | | treatment for your arthritis pain? |
| However, Aspirin has undesirable side effects, such as | | | | The Chines have accumulated thousands of years of |
| nausea, stomach pain, and impaired hearing. | | | | medical wisdom. One of the most popular arthritis diets |
| Other than Aspirin, arthritis medication to treat | | | | is the Dong's diet. The well-known Dong's diet is |
| rheumatoid arthritis to reduce joint inflammation and | | | | basically a "poor man's diet," focusing on a simple diet |
| arthritis pain includes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory | | | | of fish, vegetables, and rice, with small amounts of |
| drugs (NSAIDs), with brand names such as Motrin and | | | | chicken, to the exclusion of meat, fruits, and dairy |
| Advil, among others. However, deaths had been linked | | | | products. |
| to these drugs: development of bleeding ulcers, | | | | The Dong's diet, initiated by a San Francisco doctor, is |
| especially in elderly patients. As a result of these fatal | | | | founded on the concept that arthritis pain is no more |
| side effects, these drugs usually carry strong warning | | | | than allergic reactions to certain foods. |
| labels of serious gastrointestinal toxicity, such as | | | | An allergen is a substance that produces an antibody |
| bleeding and ulceration, among others. However, many | | | | reaction within your body. This antibody reaction |
| patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis simply | | | | causes allergy symptoms manifested in arthritis pain. |
| ignore these warnings. | | | | An allergen can be a frequently eaten food, or the |
| Another category of arthritis medication to treat | | | | additives or chemicals in any processed food (this is |
| rheumatoid arthritis and joint inflammation is the | | | | another legitimate reason why you should stay away |
| cortico-steroids. These drugs also cause major side | | | | from all processed and refined foods). |
| effects, such as ulcers, hair growth over the face, | | | | Nowadays, even rheumatologists are accepting the |
| bone loss, wasting of arm and leg muscles, mood | | | | concept of the close connection between arthritis and |
| changes, and kidney damage. These potentially | | | | diets. |
| dangerous drugs suppress the body's immune system. | | | | If you have rheumatoid arthritis and you don't want to |
| Several long-term studies reported unfavorable | | | | take those potentially dangerous drugs, maybe it is |
| findings of cortico-steroids. For example, in the United | | | | time you considered changing your diet. As Dr. Dong |
| Kingdom, there was a study of over a 20-year span, | | | | said: "It's what you don't eat that counts. |
| indicating that one-third of the patients suffering from | | | | |