Arnica
Arnica Montana
Claim: Relieves aches; an anti-inflammatory and immune enhancer
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Is toxic if it gets inside the body. Taken orally, it’s poisonous unless extremely diluted in homeopathic pill form; applied topically, on unbroken skin, it is generally considered safe. Can cause miscarriages, allergic reactions, paralysis, heart palpitations, death
Aconite
Aconitum napellus
Claim: Eases joint inflammation, gout, RA
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Is a strong, fast-acting poison that affects the heart and central nervous system
Adrenal, spleen, thymus extracts
Claim: Helps fatigue, and relives stress and inflammation
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Derived from raw animal organs. FDA warns organs could possibly be contaminated.
Autumn crocus
Colchicum autumnale
Claim: Lessens gout attacks and eases general arthritis
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Is a potential poison. Taken only as a prescription drug (colchicine) under a doctor’s supervision.
5-HTP
5-hydroxytrytophan
Claim: Helps fibromyalgia, sleep disorders and depression
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Associated with esosinophilia myalgia, a serious illness that causes severe rashes, acute pain and other symptoms.
GBL
Gamma-butyrolactone
Claim: Helps fibromyalgia, sleep problems, depression, claims to “improve sexual and athletic performance and health”
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Has been linked to death, coma and seizures.
L-tryptophan
Claim: Eases sleep disorders and depression
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: It has been associated with esosinophilia myalgia syndrome (EMS), a serious illness that causes severe rashes, acute pain and other symptoms.
Chaparral
Claim: Reduces inflammation
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: May cause hepatitis and kidney and liver damage.
Kombucha tea
Claim: Helps “rheumatism” and eases pain
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Has a high risk of contamination with anthrax and other bacteria.
I am in a Medical Marajuana State and have had the chance to try tinctures and find that they work very well for me - I now see a brighter future - lifted of some depression and free from pain, suffered from Fibromyalgia, OA, Bursitis, degenerative disk diease and more. It took time to research on my part but it really helps once you understand how and why it works.
"Doctor, I have an ear ache."
2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root."
1000 A.D. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion."
1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill."
1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic."
2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root!"
Does anyone have any tips on how i can perform daily tasks easier? I would really appreciate any and all suggestions. thanks!
Here is info for those who physically suffer because of emotional suppression. There is Mickle Therapy.
Best of Health
So, who held the gun to your head or did you hire some flunky off the street who needed a few bucks and knew NOTHING about Alternative medicine which by the way WORKS!! AND has been around a hell of a lot longer that the damn drugs than are killing us on a daily basis!!
You have insulted not only your Sponsors, Yourselves, OUR INTELLIGENCE, AND are making us question your validity and respectability.
Even my Medical doctors who treat me for Fibromyalgia and CFS have more knowledge and are accepting of Homeopathy, Supplements, etc. BECAUSE THE DRUGS EITHER DO NOT WORK, OR THEY DEPLETE THE BODY OF MUCH NEEDED NUTRIENTS AND THEY MUST BE REPLACED!!
Shall we talk about DANGEROUS MEDS??? and alternatives like L-Tryptophan and 5-HTP? Much safer and they WORK. I took Raw Adrenals and I am still alive and GRATEFUL that they exist!! They actually are one of the reasons I am STILL ALIVE.
Get your heads out of your black boxes and join the 21st Century and Reality. STOP spreading lies. Maybe you should be telling the truth about the DRUGS and the PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. You like kissing their big fat butts. . . .gee I wonder why??
These both actually work quite well and pose ZERO threat.
I have to wonder if you really know absolutely NOTHING about homeopathy or you know so much about it that it's scary because you know it works so well and is safer than any of the drugs that the companies that support your foundation sell.
In case you forgot who sponsors you and the reason you all still have jobs you clearly want to keep they can be found here:
http://www.arthritis.org/proud-sponsors.php
I'm 32 with fibro, allergies (including chemical), and just had foot surgery. Plus migraines, etc....
Anyway, I didn't notice anyone mentioning Flector patches (or Lidoderm)- they are great. And I like not have to ingest more NSAIDS. Patches are more direct.
Also, I use a gel called Volaren. Same type of thing, but I use it anywhere needed-hands, feet, neck.
Like any other med, you do have to watch how much you use at a time.
One more thing that has helped me tremendously with my chemical sensitivities is Ubiquinol. I had never heard of it till another message board either. :) It is simply reduced CoQ10, which helps with this type of sensitivity for some reason. I buy it at Whole Foods and take 100mg every day. This one's not an RX.
Hope this helps someone!
Titles of the syndromes, disease names, conditions, or whatever you wish to term the issue, it wears or bears the name BY what part of the body your immune system is attacking. In essense, most of these conditions are all treated similarly & pretty much with the same drugs being tried & applied. I've been the gamut of just about all of them.
Here's what most people don't know, including most doctors, "allergic reactions" internally, particularly to forms of sulfur, CAN, WILL, and DO occur with illness & pain beyond comprehension. I know cause I've walked in those shoes & was told several yrs ago that within 2 yrs of that time, I would be confined to a wheelchair. Well, some nearly 12 yrs later, I'm very active, work full time, & live relatively drug & pain free. I am declared STILL in remission now for almost 12 yrs.
HOW did I do it?
Much research & coming to an understanding that SULFURS were at the root of my immune problems. Have you ever stopped to think, bothered to research how much "sulfur" you are putting into your body every day via the foods & drinks you consume, the cleaning products you use, your environment? Not to mention that SULFUR naturally occurs IN the body & where is it most commonly found? JOINTS.
Now, If you already know that you have allergies, particularly to sulfur, which I did but hadn't made the connection, I got to the point that every time additional sulfur in any form entered by body, there WAS a reaction "internally" of some sort. My immune system was ramping up another attack on my body for the sulfur allergen. Make sense? Think about it.
Start reading "contents" lables & you will be utterly ASTOUNDED at how much sulfur you are likely consuming -- going to your joints, causing internal reactions with swelling, inflamation, and pain from your immune system seeing the sulfurs as "antagonist or foreign" to your body.
There are natural sulfurs, synthetic sulfurs, sulfas, sulfites, sulfates. It doesn't matter which form of it, If I intake or expose it to my body, I react.
I began DELETING & avoiding these sulfurs -- ALL of them as much as I could possibly do. I began to get better & improve. I added certain vitamins & mineral supplements with my diet to get a good "balance" between healthy red cells & white cells. I weaned off ALL poisonous & toxic drugs & today, still rely on this life-style change, Living a Full & very active life at age 60+.
I'm a firm believer in sublinguials. Trivita is a wonderful product, Nutronix their competitor is also, but there are also other good brands sublinguials as well.
RX's I must take for life are potassium liquid supplement (more easily absorbed & effective), Aldactone to prevent filtering system of kidneys from deleting too much potassium from my body. Those are the ONLY 2 RX I must take daily. I rely on benedryl PRN for allergic issues & help to keep immune system from reacting to the sulfurs that simply cannot be avoided occuring naturally in foods. Other supplements are simply pure vitamins & ONLY certain ones, which does NOT include zinc-immune enhancer/builder, or others like enchancea. ONLY take B-12 w/folic, B-6, A, E, (no C), magnesium, & calcium in easily absorbed forms.
I'm on NO pain meds now. Even recently broke my left wrist. Had arthritis forming in it. Taking B-6 on an empty stomach has had anti-inflamatory effects on the wrist with arthritis disappearing. Wrist is almost healed, bone cyst disappearing, & I'm having no pain now. Expect to be released from Ortho at next visit. It was a bad break with multiple fractures & one large bone.
I will gladly do my best to answer any questions regarding my experience if it might mean helping someone else regain their health to be Living Better.
Remember, a Lifestyle Change will likely be necessary, but can tell you now, it has been well worth it. Hubby even lives now, MEDS free.
It is suppose to be so great for Arthritis..It is very expensive and you can order it or buy it a GNC..But because it cost almost $70. a bottle dont want to spend that kind of money if its no good.
Lyrica caused urinary retention and in less than 6 months I went from 128 lbs to 298.7 lbs. Since being switched to Cymbalta it has been slowly dropping by 2 to 4 lbs per month. Slower than it was gained anyway. I still have bouts with retention but only rarely rather than constantly. However, I've become incontinent and I'm currently working with a urologist to find out why and treatments. It's possible that it could be a result of the retention and constant cathing.
I tried accupuncture (it had worked great in the past for headaches related to TMJ) but it didn't help and was actually difficult to tolerate this time. My family has to be so careful about touching me now. And we are very affectionate and into "bear hugs" and family "group hugs" so this is difficult for all of us. Also, it is more often than not excruciating just to have a hand placed lightly on my shoulder...and if I cannot tolerate a hand placed lightly on my shoulder there is no way I could do massage or chiropractic treatments as I have in the past for various things.
I am on many prescription medications as well as "alternative medicine" as most doctors term it these days. It has been difficult because I have two pages worth of allergies to various medications, foods, environmentals, certain flowers and trees, all forms of fungi (including mushrooms), and insect bites/stings. And several things to which I am not allergic but might as well be due to the severity of side effects (such as the time I was given a Kenalog shot and spent 3 months hallucinating).
The absolute best I can hope for is that my pain level will only be a 6 on a scale of zero to 10 in which pain medication is recommended at a 4. But there is almost always at least some part of my body that is 8. And sometimes it puts me into tears by going to 9 or 10 and I wish somebody would just shoot me. And every part of me hurts. Plus, I have so many things wrong that one med to treat this interacts with any meds used to treat that. And chondroitin causes every joint to become swollen and hurt more rather than less and that was before I got to be this way.
To summarize, I'm a mess and that's why I'm
here. Always checking to see if there is something else new to check into.
They aren't cheap!!!--- BUT if you really want to know EVERY little detail of every prescription medication AND herbals available in the U.S. you could purchase OR check with a local college library where they have nursing, medical doctor, and/or pharmacist degree programs:
The Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)
and
The Physician's Desk Reference for Herbal Medicine
There are new updated versions published every year so look for the most current year.
Cheaper, easily understood, herbal and prescription drug interactions listed but not really anything specifically on the herbs themselves:
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses
Also published annually and also comes with a CD-ROM as well as available as an application for blackberries, etc.
Anyway, you can't get more reliable or detailed as the PDR and PDR for Herbal Medicine but they are going to close to if not more than a hundred dollars each. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses is only for prescription drugs but does list any herbals that interact with those prescriptions and is usually under thirty dollars.
These are the bibles of the medical and health professions. You could also ask your doctor but most only have the PDR. The D.O. is more likely to have both. They are usually required to have the PDR available on every nursing of most hospitals but good luck finding the PDR of Herbal Medicine on any nursing unit. Both should be available to every pharmacist, but not sure if they will be. So many these days just look up the same information on the computer as the printouts they give you with your prescriptions.
Good luck & God Bless
The quantum physicist you are asking for was Albert Einstein and his formula was E=mc2.
In high school Chemistry we learned about Avogadro's number which says that beyond a certain dilution a molecule cannot exist. But Einstein said matter cannot disappear - it will be transformed into energy. So homeopathy is energy medicine.
It is not fair of the Arthritis Foundation to set up the information about Arnica in such a way that you would be turned off right away. If you kept reading to the phrase: "...unless extremely diluted in homeopathic pill form..." you might reconsider. The Arthritis foundation seems determined to steer you toward medications.
And speaking of energy, there are techniques such as Total Body Modification (TBM), Autonomic Response Testing (ART), Neuro Emotional Technique (NET), and more, that can correct incorrect energy patterns in the body such as auto-immune conditions without using any meds or supplements.
Also, a note to Laura Black and Jo:
Actonel does not make bones strong, it makes it denser because it prevents old bone cells from sloughing off but it doesn't build new bone cells, so the bone becomes brittle. (Which explains necrosis of the jaw)
I have been fighting a "heat-related rash" that comes up if I am in a hot kitchent, hot bath, , sitting by a lamp, etc. The rash is the most horrible itch I have had in my life and I am 68 yrs old It stays in areas that have been exposed to sun all my life..neck, arms, chest and back but is has recently started appearing on my torso and legs when I cover up at night. The heat from this rash is unreal. Many drs and biopsy and no one has a clue. Maybe someone out there does....email me....goldengirl443@cox.net.
You asked about something for your thyroid. In 2007 I had my thyroid removed after years of doctors telling me it was within normal range. It was cancerous. Afterward was prescribed Levothyroxin. Shortly afterward I started researching bio-identical (Plant derivatives), and found Armour Thyroid, which I have been taking for 2 years now. It's like having a REAL normal thyroid. It takes a while to get it to a precise dosage for each individual, but you need to do this with your doctor's supervision and prescription. Hope u try it!
There's a great health sit run by an MD: ultrametabolism.com. It's been a real resource both for me and for helping others.
However, I'm wondering how many prescribed pharmaceutical drugs should be avoided, and where is the article presenting that discussion? Look 'em up and consider the potential adverse effects:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec04/ch034/ch034b.html?qt=arthrit is
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/sec04/ch034/ch034e.html?qt=osteoar thritis
http://www.medscape.com/
Good luck to everyone. I have gotten a lot of good info on this site thanks to all of you.
I began taking a supplement called OPC-3. After literally years of trying to find a pharmaceutical replacement for prednisone and nothing working, my prednisone doses down to 9 & 1/2 mg a day, and it's been over 8 years since I got under 15mg/day and was functional. I'm also taking about HALF of the narcotic pain medicine I was taking.
I do not work for Market America, the company that sells OPC-3. I have nothing to gain by spreading my story, other than to help other people who suffer from the same chronic pain I did, no matter what disease was causing it.
OPC-3 is nothing more than a powerful antiinflammatory powder, and since most chronic pain is caused by inflammation, that's why it works so well.
Don't take my word for it. Google OPC-3 for yourself and read up. Believe me when I tried it I thought it was BS and there was no way it was going to work, and I couldn't have been more wrong. It is the best thing that could've happened to me, and my chronic pain was off the chart.
Now, it's not a "miracle" supplement and I'm not trying to dupe anyone into thinking it is. I'm simply saying that after several years and approximately 8 different pharmaceutical meds that failed to help my chronic pain, OPC-3 was a Godsend.
I have a question - how many of you know that most of your ailments start from your mouth/your teeth??? The more root canals you have, the more fillings you have, the more of "other" problems you have; infections, gengavitis etc. effect your whole body and all your organs. Think about it, the fillings they put in your teeth are chemicals, chemicals that leak into your blood stream. Your root canals are never bacteria free no matter how hard the dentists try and so eventually all that "crap" ends up in your system. What is a tooth? A bone - anytime you mess with the bone it causes other problems because of the bacteria that goes in there.
Don't believe - do some research yourself.
One way to start helping yourself it to do "oil pulling". Yes, you are thinking, what the heck it that? Research it yourself, because if I tell you what it is you might think it to simple to do .
Anytime you want help - IT HAS TO START WITH YOU and YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Your doctor does not have all the answers. They only apply what they learned in the books. And you know what? you can do the same. Read and try new things/therapies.
Just like one medicine will not cure you, no one therapy will cure either.
Research coconut oil and it's benefits. Visit websites that have .org at the end of them - more reliable, more research. Dr. Mercola is okay too, although he tries to sell his products. Use your intuitions and don't be afraid to try some things.
BIG PHARMA WANTS TO STAY BIG SO THEY KEEP PUSHING THEIR DRUGS. IF A PRODUCTS CANNOT BE PATENTED, DRUG COMPANIES ARE NOT INTERESTED IN IT.
Hope this will help you to give natural products a try.
I have sent an alert to the editors of this site and I would encourage others to do the same. Let's let "the Judys" of this world know we won't tolerate her @#!$*....!!!!
I research...many folks here are very intelligent and know what helps them....it is part of the process of .......living w RA
I have fibro and neuralgia. I have used Magnesium Malate for 10 or more years, and I notice that my pain does become more severe when I run out of it.
I am also finding Vit D to be very helpful. I take 6,000 units per day.
Magnesium Malate has been used for years for fibro. My chronic pain doc recommended it for me.
She states: "One day I wrote in my journal that I felt like death itself. That day someone told me she knew of a product that may help me."
Miracle timing! She was "death itself" and then someone happened to give her the name of a miracle supplement and now she is cured.
"I was in such a mess physically that I was finally ready to get it a try. It was the missing piece to my puzzle."
Sounds like an infomercial to me!
"It took 3 weeks for any notice of improvement and then one area by one area, the inflammation and of course pain was gone. I went to a pain level of zero and my C-Reactive Lab test went to normal range."
In 3 weeks, you too can be cured!
"I was written up in one of the exercise facility's magazines."
Really? How wonderful! If only you would tell us where and what you took!
"I was given my health back as well as my life."
Great! How?
"If inflammation is the bottom line of most all diseases, I am so very grateful that I found something that could be this powerful and have no side effects at all and be completely natural."
No side effects? It really IS a miracle! And it is all natural!
Folks, she is writing that she took a miracle supplement that treated INFLAMMATION on a page that is warning about the safety of several supplements that are dangerous when used. What do some of these supplements do? They relieve inflammation.
"Judy" either works in the supplement industry or is really rude. "Her" post reads like an infomercial (because it is one). "She" is trying to subtly over-ride your concerns about certain supplements. Why won't "she" tell anyone what she is taking? Because "she" wants you to go buy any supplement that treats inflammation in the hope that you purchase her companies product. "She" wants you to do trial and error, which means you will spend a lot on supplements in the hope of finding "her" miracle cure.
As soon as docs have a miracle cure, we will all know. There isn't a cure for chronic diseases. There will be. It will be expensive, which is why we will all know when it is available!
I am a big fan of supplements; I take several (5-6) daily. But I am not a fan of folks jerking others around on a web page warning about the side effects of certain supplements. Knowing that there are certain supplements that can be potentially fatal makes us careful about what we buy. "Judy" doesn't like caution because it decreases sales.
Quite a few of you posted your email addresses, did she ever answer anyone?
Thanks
Also having OA for some time now I found a natural joint pain reliever called FLEXCIN out of Florida.See Flexcin.com......sure has helped me with the pain.
jennypup@shaw.ca
I am a massage therapist and believe in giving your immune system what it needs to heal itself. I have been reading all these posts and wanted to give a suggestion.
The mushroom is Coriolus Versicolor.
If you are interested in some GREAT research, just google it. It will astound you! Over 400 Clinical Studies have been done.
Why haven't we heard about this? It's simple, mushrooms don't have lips!!
You can find it on sale through the internet, but like everything you can't trust what you buy is the real thing.
I know of a company that produces it with a GMP Label/Made in US, they will be introducing this supplement to the world come October.
If you are interested please email me....please do the research for yourself!!
Sincerely,
Paula
paulamack@roadrunner.com
Please email me about the product you are taking. Thanks. "bethann@carolina.rr.com"
TAKE TWO WASH CLOTHS - SEW 3 SIDES
FILL THEM LOOSELY WITH 1/2 FLAX SEED
(found at a bird food store) AND
1/2 RICE. SEW THE FORTH SIDE CLOSED...
PLACE YOUR LITTLE PILLOW IN THE MICROWAVE
FOR 1,2 OR 3 MINUTES OR PUT IT IN THE FREEZER
USE THESE THERAPY PACKS ON YOUR PAIN SPOTS
TO GET RELIEF.
I make all different sizes of Therapy Packs out of cotton and have used them for years.
Please email me about the product you are taking. Thanks
dandyseniors@yahoo.com
Do you peel the fruit?
You didn't say what product you used that gave you the miracules relief. Please let all of us know.
What product are you taking?
ALSO TO THE EDITORS: I appreciate that you need to edit out product promotion but there is little point (and some frustration) to being told in Judy's post of a great product and not to be able to find out what it is. For my part, I am desperate enough to risk publishing my email address here in the hope that Judy will contact me with the details.
Kazba@paradise.net.nz
2)Homeopathic medicine is not specific to an illness but should be selected solely on the medicine's individual characteristics and how well these characteristics match those of the patient. ie The main guiding characteristics of Arnica is: "sore, lame, bruised feeling" and "limbs and body ache as if beaten". Hence, if your symptoms feel like this Arnica should help. Conversely, if they don't then it won't help and you may need a different homeopathic medicine.
3)Homeopathic medicine is prescribed in different potencies depending on the acuteness or chronicity of the illness. Hence, if you have Arnica symptoms and a 6 or 30 potency doesn't help then you may need a higher potency - and/or another complementary homeopathic medicine. Always best to consult a qualified homeopath.
4)Arnica can be helpful prior to and after operations. However, if the local anaesthetic is Lignocaine and Adrenaline then Arnica can reverse the adrenergic block localising the Lignocaine. So best to check with your anaesthetist prior to an op to see what they will be using. This problem does not occur with any other anaesthic.
In 30 years of practice I have yet to come across any other problems with Arnica. On the contrary, I have seen many positive results. Hope this has been of help to everyone concerned. Teri Farrar
my immune system and damaged my liver. I soon became queen of chronic fatigue syndrome, severe fibromyalgia, very severe osteoarthritis over most of my body and was diagnosed with a rare liver disease that would require a liver transplant. Life became very dismal. I searched all over the country for help and spent thousands of dollars looking for relief. I could not exercise because of the severe pain in every joint, muscle and cell of my body. I cried daily because of the intense intense pain. Chiropractic, accupuncture, and good supplementation became great help. But I was still in so much daily pain. One day I wrote in my journal that I felt like death itself. That day someone told me she knew of a product that may help me. I had been approached by 6 other people in a four year period to try the product. I was in such a mess physically that I was finally ready to get it a try. It was the missing piece to my puzzle. It took 3 weeks for any notice of improvement and then one area by one area, the inflammation and of course pain was gone. I went to a pain level of zero and my C-Reactive Lab test went to normal range. I was able to exercise for the first time and was able to exercise up to 6 days a week. I was written up in one of the exercise facility's magazines. I was given my health back as well as my life. If inflammation is the bottom line of most all diseases, I am so very grateful that I found something that could be this powerful and have no side effects at all and be completely natural. I now can have a life once again and thank God for letting me find this amazing relief.
Note: Fibromyalgia is not yet beliveed to be strictly an autoimmune disease , BUT it accompanies most other autoimmune problems and as such, I believe should be listed as one !
Check also- the NIH.GOV website and read about autoimunnity.
Best of luck to ALL of you in pain- I KNOW what you are going through, as I have 3 autoimmune problems ! God bless us all and help the scientists to find a cure for us -soon !
Suzanne
I have RA and fibromyalgia (25 years) and am doing well on a combination of DMARD and supplements. I am using an older disease modifier-minocycline, an antiobiotic which is often used for acne in teenagers! Along with my prescription med, what REALLY helps is vitamin D (recommended by my rheumatologist at 2000 a day), which reduces muscle pain more than anything. Also good quality omega 3 oil (2 grams a day), ground flax seed and generic antioxidant juice blend (acai, noni, goji, mangosteen) and ginger capsules.Teaching water exercise (in a jogging belt, prayer and eating alot of fruits and vegies help keep me as healthy and positive as possible.
I also use CryoDerm (Arnica, Boswells ILEX & MSM) roll on for 'spot' pain - it works great!
Yes, we're listening. Thank you all for your comments and inquiries. It's important to remember a therapy that works for one, may not work for others. Always consult your doctor before trying something new, whether it's a supplement, exercise program or over-the-counter medication.
All the best,
The Editors
Arthritis Today magazine,
an Arthritis Foundation publication
Here's who got me started in the right direction (for me). Skip Shoden CCN, here's his website : http://www.hghealth.com/skip.html.
Also a great research source is the National Institute of Health (NIH).
http://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/Health_Information.aspx
They have a FULL LIST OF supplements and current research on many of them by the USA. :) Hang in there people! :)
God Bless,
Tina
Breakthrough. A person gave me some Joint MD and I have been taking it for a week now and the Arthritis pain , is much less. In my sholders and wrists and hands. Knees are better too. Has any one else used joint MD?
Please Email me. Pros and cons...Doctor said I could try Glucosmine, But this doesn't have it. Has Ginger and Green Tea and MSM and other ingredents. Hopefully long term will be great. Please Email me asap. Along with others I might try. God Bless you and I pray your pain subsides.
http://www.doctormurray.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14 0
From this site:
Detailed analysis of all the evidence by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) led to the conclusion that the cause of the EMS epidemic could be traced to one Japanese manufacturer, Showa Denko. Of the six Japanese companies which supplied L-tryptophan to the United States, Showa Denko was the largest supplying 50-60%.
I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Peripheral Neuropathy, & Arthritis about 10 years ago. I've taken a lot of different medications, including pain medication (mostly Hydrocodone), but recently I started taking Suboxone. I began taking it back in Nov. 2009 (not because I was abusing opiates), and it has helps more than anything else I've tried. It seems to help with (what I associate with) the nerve pain, more than anything. I have also started taking Vyvanse & this made me realize that being tired all of the time is what was bringing me down the most.
http://eosinophilia-myalgia.net/
I am a long time sufferer of Arthritis since my spinal fusion in 1984 (and a few there after. I will need a neck fusion in the future. I have been told to expect to be a wheelchair due to nothing more than pain when I get older. I am only 39 years old. I am extremely interested in this product. spin757@yahoo.com
Thank you.
Sheri
To repeat the caution I will say "RESEARCH"
Don't eat Sugar or any products with Sugar in them. I find the less sugar I eat the better I feel.
3 Oranges
2 Lemons
3 Cloves of Garlic
1/2 large Onion
5 drops of peppermint oil. (If you don't have peppermint oil, melt about 5 pieces in some water and pour into mixture and shake very well. After mixing all ingredients pour into several glass containers and drink throughout the day, maybe three or four times. Keep refrigerated.
Cut fruit and onion into pieces. Place in juicer with i/4 cup of water. Add garlic, and peppermint oil. Medical value of each item used: Grapefruit: High in vitamin C which is an immune system strengthener. Grapefruits are valuable as it aids the body of eliminating poisons. Oranges are high in vitamin C and A. Known to decrease excess mucus from the head and nose. Oranges are good for rheumatism, high blood pressure pneumonia, asthma. Lemons are good for Vitamin B, C, Calcium and benefits the liver. Garlic is good for the digestive system, it is a natural antibody and is good for strengthening the immune system. Onions are for draining the mucus from the sinus cavities. Onions will also destroy worms and other parasites in the body. Good for colds as well. The peppermint oil brings oxygen into the bloodstream. It cleanses and strengthens the entire body.
I hope that everyone tries this will be able to tell a difference in just a few days. I Live By It..It will work.
I take the RDA for everything but the honey and I eat as much of it as I want. I scored some "honey tubes" the other day at our local farmers market, they where made of all different types of honey (sour grape/apple/etc...) and I just eat those for fun!
Lady V Marshall
Have you seen a Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist for pain relief advice and task modification advice?
How much of acai. berry, honey, and cinnamon, are suppose to be used and how?
I have fibromyaglia, nothing seems to help.
Have had RA for over 20 years, 6 surgeries (last one a week ago for the bursa at right hip area, always inflammed) and take 6 mg. Prendisone, Enbrel (25 mg. wk) and it keeps me moving. Take meds to sleep at night, cannot do anything when tired. I'm 73 and eat healthily. God Bless Us Everyone.
Betty W.
i am still in pain. the surgeon said my xrays showed no damage to coccyx but a lot of inflammation. am sick of spending money on
everything in health stores everythings a new cure for arthritis. sick of the painkillets and anti-inflammatories that i cant take for rebound headaches and stomache problems. have knee and neck arthritis cannot stand for long as behind my knees are in pain can only wear light pumps as i cannot walk with shoes. can any doctor or surgeon tell me whi i can walk
but cannot stand or queue for longer than two minutes.anyone want to do an mri scan asnyone with interest in this. this started 10 years ago.any trials going on
thnks zackie
The medications I have been given/offered for sacroiliitis have given me a nasty rash, or they are contra-indicated because of concerns of high bood pressure... and the list of potential side effects are arm's length.
I know it is hard, beleive me, I pray that you are feeling better. Please visit Rest Ministries website, there are people there that understand what you are going through, and will listen to your feelings. Please take care. I am praying for you.
I have had R.A. for 4 years. Was given Doxycycline for sinus infection, felt wonderful, had a lot of energy. I am 64 years, with the med. I felt like I was in my 20's.
In response to your comment, I was so glad to see your comment re Red Rice Yeast as I had been taking it for several months and then came down w/ skin lupus! What a mess and what a bummer! I was suspicious of the product and now have some confirmation; did you ever rid yourself of this nasty disease????
As for relief - I, too, suffer from fibro, osteo, degenerative disk disease, & diabetes. I found a product quite by accident that I can no longer be without! I have been a long time devotee of GNC due to their product quality. I found a product called TriFlex - OMG when I do run out, I notice it within just a couple of days. The achiness & joint pains start coming back. I have tried OTC brands that have done nothing or have seriously irritated by system. This one has made a huge impact on my daily living. So as survivors of these painful horrors - DO YOUR RESEARCH NO MATTER WHAT ROUTE YOU TAKE!
What I want to know is about DIET. I know that lots of pain from inflammation can be avoided by eating the right things and eliminating those that cause the inflammation and pain--like tomatoes, eggplants (nightshades)--but what else? When I went on websites to check it out, they were a complete runaround--click on this one and went right back to where I started! Who has THESE answers?
Also, tried Ginger for several months, and it did not help either.
I take 3 mg of Prednisone, Doxycycline, probiotics, and several vitamins and supplements daily. Take Aleve when it's really bad. (The probiotics keep me from getting sick due to the Doxcycline killing the good bacteria along with the bad).
Have recently been drinking Certo gel in a small amount of Welch's Concord Grape Juice, but don't know if it helps.
Have read good things about Turmeric and may try that.
Years ago, Vitamin E helped my knees when I couldn't bend them at work and also helped my carpal tunnel in wrists.
I take 1-2 capsules of fish oil capsules at night now.
Glad I ran across this site and thanks to all for their helpful comments!
Why does everyone think they know a magic cure-all that everyone can and should be able to take because that person takes it and it works for that person without any side effects??? GET REAL! This is NOT a 'one size" or "one drug" or "one herb" fits all people equally world.
People SHOULD be informed if there are KNOWN side effects that can be dangerous, particulalry ones that can cause death.
Hey, I am allergic to TYLENOL--and it makes my blood not clot. After years of fighting with doctors over this, guess what? Other people have been found to be allergic, some with the same side effects. Doctors now know that Tylenol can also cause other serious problems in people, including liver and kidney damage. And what about Ibruprofen, pushed all these years as a harmless and effective non prescription anti- inflammatory/pain reliever? Now they know it too can cause kidney damage.
And how about the St. John's Wort that so many people take for depression? My liver specialist told me of a case they had where the person needed an immediate liver transplant--a person who had been healthy without any liver problems-- that the herb virtually 'disintegrated' his liver.
SO why SHOULD'NT natural remedies be listed with known and dangerous possible side effects with that such? Don't we have a right to know? It would be a dis-service to the rest of us if they were not listed. People need information to make informed decisions. DO you think it better to take something, have a serious reaction, even life-threatening one, and then say "well how could I know that might happen? I never saw anything saying it could be dangerous, no one ever told me." THINK, RESEARCH AND KNOW YOURSELF BEORE YOU TAKE SOMETHING, be it a manufactured drug, a supplement, an herb or even just a simple tea.
Final share: you know that much hyped tea ROOBIOS with so many good qualities, even listed on my health providers site as "no known side effects? I have an allergic reaction with itching and rash...need I say anymore?
The weather still affects my joints (Grandma wasn't crazy after all ) but to a lesser extent. The orthopedist said most of his patients with fibromyalgia test low for blood levels of Vit.D.
I have osteoarthritis and found my miracle medicine a couple of years ago. Three years ago I could hardly walk and the therapist told me my hips were just about to lock. At the time I was on 6 Tylenol arthritis plus pain medicine daily. Along with pain patches you name it. I found FLEXANOL and tied it with noticeable relief. People can say what they want about Supplements, but I feel much better taking these than I did when I was taking all the other medication. My therapist could not believe how I could bend and I even dance. You can take up to 5 a day, but I only take two a day. Flexanol has made a big difference in my life.
Low dose naltrexone helps most autoimmune diseases. There are several clinical trials that have been done. You can read about them on the website.
I have osteoarthritis and take Limbrel (a prescription medical food), but also have to supplement using Arnica, Turmeric and eat pineapple for inflammation and pain.
I would like to know what studies were done and who performed the studies and what dosages/levels are considered dangerous or unhealthy rather than random statements that I am supposed to take as fact.
Extremely disappointed, Karen
Do you know of a good website that will tell me what pills do not go with other pills or medications?
I recently added Vitamin E to my daily pills and I read they should not be taken with other pills but I cznnot find out which ones.
Can you e-mail me your answer?
Thank you so much.
Bev Menzer
It is obvious the majority of your comments
disagreed with your list. Prescription drugs kill approx 100,000 patients in this country. do you care to compare that to supplements, you wont. This was a fda list for sure.I am 66 and beset by arthitus, F.M.
headaches,depression and the litsny goes on
my wife is disabled from CFS, depression and so on. At this time i am using 2-3 k of c a day.(linus pauling lived to 92 and took massive amounts of c. like the other folks said "tryptophan?" will the fda take turkeys off the mkt. now. dietand some exercise, stretching in am(5min) can help a lot. I am so disappointed that this site would print a supp list, that i must unsubscribe dennis walker
I received a reduced shipping coupon for L-tryptophan from FMAware for a web-site that sells the sleep supplement. Apparently they do not think there are bad side effects.
LDNINFO.ORG
It works. It's working for thousands of people. Most doctors don't know about it. This information is being spread by patients who are getting good results.
As for L-Tryptophan, that claim is, in my personal opinion, totally out of whack. Are these also the side effects of eating TURKEY??? What do you think makes you sleepy after eating turkey? The amino acid L-Tryptophane!!! Any and all supplements must be purchased from a reputable company and taken in the recommended doses. Has anyone noticed that the side effects listed above are also almost always seen on the side effect list of PRESCRIPTION medications as prescribed doses?
Once again I give credit to the one it is due and that is my maker GOD !!! If not for him I would not have found the 2 juices that got me up out of bed. There is quite a bit of supplements out there but as with anything you have to research and study and use common sense!
As for the manmade Prescriptions yes it is true they can be very very bad for us. It is all BIG PHARMACIA they use it to make money off us. There are cures but if we were all cured at the 1st office visit where would they be? Again supplements,vitiamins are safe and most are made from Gods green earth
So do your work and follow up and research and use as it says.
Can someone please suggest a good regimen
I'm in the dark here
Check out it's ingredients and how to buy and or sell on my website: www.chronicpainandliving.com
Perhaps the owner(s) of this page might take some time to check or update the facts?
vr, luis
arthritis, so says the many forums on the subject I have read.....The best gin to use is Bombay because it contains juniper berries and 9 other botanicals. What you do is soak a bunch of "golden raisins" in a bowl of the Bombay gin for 2 weeks, or until all of the gin has evaporated. Then eat 7 raisins a day....The golden raisins contain "sulphur dioxide, similar to MSM, the darker raisins do not...Try this famous cure-all first before you try anything unnatural...If you are allergic to "sulfides," then do not try this cure.
Oprah is still popular because people like you keep watching her :)
Turn off the tube and think for yourself.
that can harm you.Look at vitamin c.A new study shows that vitamin c does not stop colds and that goes for this omega 3 and fish oil.Vitamin D in large quantities can harm you.My late boyfriend was taking a great deal of this and too much D is bad for the kidneys.Can we all use common sense and not the advice of Oprah? Oprah is on the verge of destroying common sense when it comes to serious ailments and some of the advice on her show I dont take because it is faulty and can harm you..so why is she still popular?
You say you "found some proprietary preparations for joints that was made from natural, well respected ingredients. ...and have suffered no deformities of my joints."
--I have been on 5mg Prednizone, 20mg/wk.Methotrexate and 2,000mg Sulfazine for 14 years. Still I'm extremely fatigued and deformities are setting in. I would love to stop all of it. I tried to get off the Prednizone very gradually--told my RA doc and he gave me Salsalate and Voltarin Gel. When down to no Prednizone I felt terrible. Doc gave me a shot & I went back on Prednizone. The new meds sound kinda scarry. Wish I could learn more about what you did.
I agree with your comments. I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis 15 years ago. The doctors put me on non-steroidals as well as methotrexate. I used to feel tired and exhausted all the time and my joints felt terrible. Then I found some proprietary preparations for joints that was made from natural, well respected ingredients. I have been off the medicines for 11 years now and have suffered no deformities of my joints. When I got on these products, the doctors were ready to put me on steroids. Thank God I didn't have to do that or else I would be sufferring from all kinds of side effects from those. I am not necessarily saying that drugs are bad and must be avoided, but I am saying that there are proven and useful remedies out there that work. But beware of the false claims and make sure the products are manufactured properly.
right on target. Exactly my sentiments.
Bravo for you!
Every Supplement mentioned is safe when used properly. Just because the Pharmaceutical companies can not are not able to make killing on the products does not make them dangerous or bad. These products are manufactured under safety guidelines and one can request Assay and R&D information.
Natural Remedies have been around a lot longer than synthetic drugs. Besides, have you ever thought about where drugs came from? Herbs, roots, etc. Homeopathic Remedies have been around longer than pharmaceuticals and Chinese Med./herbs too.
Maybe your article should have been written a little differently: Let your physician know what supplements you are taking that are working for you. Make sure your Pharmacist knows the supplements you are using before you start a new drug so he/she can run a Drug Interaction.
Let's face it, there are more lethal and non reversable side effects to Prescription Drugs than there are to herbs and Homeopathic Remedies which have been around for Centuries!!!!
for a whole lot of chronic pains. without it i could not even straighten out on the bed which has been pretty much the only place i am when i am at home per docs orders.
Once you have to take meds like methotrexate that wage war on your body....my liver shut down and I got mono, bronchitis, and pneumonia back to back. The thought of some alleged potential contaminants isn't scary. Besides how much of our food is not contaminated or over processed? To eat fish for the omega 3 content or worry about mercury? That is the question..... How about try everything and see what works for you. Listen to your body's responses and you can never go wrong with your health.
Martie.
Arnica
Arnica Montana
Claim: Relieves aches; an anti-inflammatory and immune enhancer
Why it’s among supplements to avoid: Can cause miscarriages, allergic reactions, paralysis, heart palpitations, death
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contaminated 5htp was a man-made issue that has since been corrected by safe practices in the processing and importing of supplements. Its an amazing supplement...look into it for depression and anxiety due to the arthritis...its wonderful.
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