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A Brief Tour in Page-Making
Stinging Nettle for Arthritis
A British study of arthritis sufferers concludes that the stinging nettle plant
greatly reduces pain and stiffness in arthritic joints. Researchers gave one
group of volunteers the plant to rub around the affected joint once a day;
another group was given a similar-appearing (but entirely different) plant as
placebo. After one week of treatment, the stinging nettle group reported a
significant improvement over the placebo group. The benefits were most
dramatic; the patients who reacted to the plant enough to produce wheals (a
type of lesion, or welt), which the patients found to be an acceptable
side-effect. Most of the patients preferred stinging nettle to their previous
medication.8
8.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine,
June 2000.
Exercise
Degenerative Joints
An
article in the Journal of the American Medical Association3 says that regular
exercise can increase mobility and decrease the pain of osteoarthritis. This
study examined exercise's effect on 439 people with knee degeneration. The
authors concluded that both aerobic exercise and weight training were safe and
effective means of treatment. Volunteers worked out three times per week for 18
months, while a control group listened to health lectures.
3. JAMA, Jan. 1, 1997 .
Arthritic? Exercise
You
can add new research done at the University
of Missouri , Columbia
10.
Preliminary results presented at a news conference by Marian A. Minor;
Associated Press, May 4, 1997 .
Vitamin D for
Osteoarthritis
X-ray
studies of osteoarthritis progression in 516 patients' knee joints suggest that
vitamin D has a role in preventing joint degeneration. Subjects
who had less of the vitamin in their body, whether from lowered nutritional
intake or less time in the sun, were four times more likely to exhibit
worsening of their condition. The researchers think that the outcome is
best if action is taken early, before major degeneration has begun.4
4. Annals of Internal Medicine, September 2, 1996 .
Osteoporosis
from Arthritis Treatments
The
president of the National Osteoporosis Foundation is recommending that older
persons who are being treated medically for arthritis might want to be
periodically tested for osteoporosis. Corticosteroids, quite often the drug
used by medical physicians on these people, contribute to bone demineralization
and may thus cause or accelerate a crippling osteoporotic
condition in the patient.9
9.
United Press, reporting on a statement by Dr. Robert Lindsay of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation, November
25, 1997 .
Osteoporosis
from Arthritis Treatments
The
president of the National Osteoporosis Foundation is recommending that older
persons who are being treated medically for arthritis might want to be
periodically tested for osteoporosis. Corticosteroids, quite often the drug
used by medical physicians on these people, contribute to bone demineralization
and may thus cause or accelerate a crippling osteoporotic
condition in the patient.9
9.
United Press, reporting on a statement by Dr. Robert Lindsay of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation, November
25, 1997 .
NSAID Deaths
Advisors
to the FDA are expressing concern over signs that many popular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are more dangerous
than doctors and the public think. Most NSAIDs are
believed to contribute to gastrointestinal problems. Forty-one thousand hospitalizations
and 3,300 deaths each year are blamed on such side effects.11 The consumer
group Public Citizen is asking the FDA to ban piroxicam
(sold as Feldene), a more potent form of this class
of drugs used to treat arthritis. According to FDA records, 299 Americans
deaths have been linked to this one drug since 1982.
Ten Deaths in
Drug's First Three Months
The
popular "super aspirin" Celebrex, during
its first three months on the market, was linked to 10 deaths and a number of
lesser reactions.10 Half of the deaths were due to gastrointestinal
bleeding and ulcers, according to "adverse incident" reports filed
with the FDA. In its first 13 weeks on the market, 2.5 million prescriptions
were filled. The drug is used to treat arthritis. When asked about these
incidents by the Wall Street Journal,
the FDA said more research would have to be done before any conclusions were
drawn about the drug's safety. The FDA has received 53 reports of doctors and
pharmacists being confused about the drug's name. Doctors have mistakenly
prescribed Celexa and Cerebyx
for Celebrex.
10. Associated Press, April 20, 1999 .
Anti-Inflammatory
Remarks
British
researchers are starting to express reservations about the new
"super-aspirin" COX-2 inhibitors.18 They suggest that
these, as well as other anti-inflammatory drugs, may actually worsen conditions
over the long haul. Rat studies show that although they relieve initial
symptoms and inflammation, no benefit is seen in the underlying disease process
in conditions for which they are often used, such as arthritis. In testing the
drugs on rats for their effect on pleurisy, their experiments suggested that
these drugs led to an unusually large increase in inflammation in a later stage
of the disease process.
18. Nature, June 1999.
Literary Therapy
A
study published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association15 concludes that patients with
chronic conditions such as arthritis and asthma tend to improve after putting
past stressful incidents from their lives onto paper. A group of 112 patients
was divided into two groups: one wrote for a total of one hour (20 minutes a
day for the first three days of the study) about a terrible experience, such as
the death of a loved one or a car wreck. The other wrote about their plans for
the day. The patients were tested for four months.
Nearly
50 percent of the patients who wrote about their stresses improved
significantly by the end of the study, compared to less than one quarter of the
other group. You might also be interested to know that more than 20 percent of
the group writing their daily plans were worse at the
end of the study; less that five percent of those writing about past stressful
events deteriorated. Other findings: improvements were noted in the asthmatics'
lung capacities in about two weeks; the arthritis patients took the entire four
months to improve.
15.
Smyth J, Stone A, Hurewitz
A, Kael A. Effects of writing about stressful
experiences on symptom reduction in patients with asthma or rheumatoid
arthritis. JAMA 1999;281:1304-1309.
Cherries for
Pain
Research
from the American Chemical Society1 suggests that tart cherries may
offer natural pain relief. About 20 cherries a day, say researchers from Michigan State University
1. Journal of Natural Products, January 29, 1999 .
Stinging Nettle for Arthritis
A British study of arthritis sufferers concludes that the stinging nettle plant greatly reduces pain and stiffness in arthritic joints. Researchers gave one group of volunteers the plant to rub around the affected joint once a day; another group was given a similar-appearing (but entirely different) plant as placebo. After one week of treatment, the stinging nettle group reported a significant improvement over the placebo group. The benefits were most dramatic; the patients who reacted to the plant enough to produce wheals (a type of lesion, or welt), which the patients found to be an acceptable side-effect. Most of the patients preferred stinging nettle to their previous medication.88. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, June 2000.
Exercise Degenerative Joints
An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association3 says that regular exercise can increase mobility and decrease the pain of osteoarthritis. This study examined exercise's effect on 439 people with knee degeneration. The authors concluded that both aerobic exercise and weight training were safe and effective means of treatment. Volunteers worked out three times per week for 18 months, while a control group listened to health lectures.
3. JAMA,
Arthritic? Exercise
You
can add new research done at the
10.
Preliminary results presented at a news conference by Marian A. Minor;
Associated Press,
Vitamin D for Osteoarthritis
X-ray studies of osteoarthritis progression in 516 patients' knee joints suggest that vitamin D has a role in preventing joint degeneration. Subjects who had less of the vitamin in their body, whether from lowered nutritional intake or less time in the sun, were four times more likely to exhibit worsening of their condition. The researchers think that the outcome is best if action is taken early, before major degeneration has begun.4
4. Annals of Internal Medicine,
Osteoporosis from Arthritis Treatments
The president of the National Osteoporosis Foundation is recommending that older persons who are being treated medically for arthritis might want to be periodically tested for osteoporosis. Corticosteroids, quite often the drug used by medical physicians on these people, contribute to bone demineralization and may thus cause or accelerate a crippling osteoporotic condition in the patient.9
9.
United Press, reporting on a statement by Dr. Robert Lindsay of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation,
Osteoporosis from Arthritis Treatments
The president of the National Osteoporosis Foundation is recommending that older persons who are being treated medically for arthritis might want to be periodically tested for osteoporosis. Corticosteroids, quite often the drug used by medical physicians on these people, contribute to bone demineralization and may thus cause or accelerate a crippling osteoporotic condition in the patient.9
9.
United Press, reporting on a statement by Dr. Robert Lindsay of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation,
NSAID Deaths
Advisors to the FDA are expressing concern over signs that many popular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are more dangerous than doctors and the public think. Most NSAIDs are believed to contribute to gastrointestinal problems. Forty-one thousand hospitalizations and 3,300 deaths each year are blamed on such side effects.11 The consumer group Public Citizen is asking the FDA to ban piroxicam (sold as Feldene), a more potent form of this class of drugs used to treat arthritis. According to FDA records, 299 Americans deaths have been linked to this one drug since 1982.
Ten Deaths in Drug's First Three Months
The popular "super aspirin" Celebrex, during its first three months on the market, was linked to 10 deaths and a number of lesser reactions.10 Half of the deaths were due to gastrointestinal bleeding and ulcers, according to "adverse incident" reports filed with the FDA. In its first 13 weeks on the market, 2.5 million prescriptions were filled. The drug is used to treat arthritis. When asked about these incidents by the Wall Street Journal, the FDA said more research would have to be done before any conclusions were drawn about the drug's safety. The FDA has received 53 reports of doctors and pharmacists being confused about the drug's name. Doctors have mistakenly prescribed Celexa and Cerebyx for Celebrex.
10. Associated Press,
Anti-Inflammatory Remarks
British researchers are starting to express reservations about the new "super-aspirin" COX-2 inhibitors.18 They suggest that these, as well as other anti-inflammatory drugs, may actually worsen conditions over the long haul. Rat studies show that although they relieve initial symptoms and inflammation, no benefit is seen in the underlying disease process in conditions for which they are often used, such as arthritis. In testing the drugs on rats for their effect on pleurisy, their experiments suggested that these drugs led to an unusually large increase in inflammation in a later stage of the disease process.
18. Nature, June 1999.
Literary Therapy
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association15 concludes that patients with chronic conditions such as arthritis and asthma tend to improve after putting past stressful incidents from their lives onto paper. A group of 112 patients was divided into two groups: one wrote for a total of one hour (20 minutes a day for the first three days of the study) about a terrible experience, such as the death of a loved one or a car wreck. The other wrote about their plans for the day. The patients were tested for four months.
Nearly 50 percent of the patients who wrote about their stresses improved significantly by the end of the study, compared to less than one quarter of the other group. You might also be interested to know that more than 20 percent of the group writing their daily plans were worse at the end of the study; less that five percent of those writing about past stressful events deteriorated. Other findings: improvements were noted in the asthmatics' lung capacities in about two weeks; the arthritis patients took the entire four months to improve.
15. Smyth J, Stone A, Hurewitz A, Kael A. Effects of writing about stressful experiences on symptom reduction in patients with asthma or rheumatoid arthritis. JAMA 1999;281:1304-1309.
Cherries for Pain
Research
from the American Chemical Society1 suggests that tart cherries may
offer natural pain relief. About 20 cherries a day, say researchers from
1. Journal of Natural Products,