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Suggest Medications For Arthritis
woke up one morning with knee pain, swelling and tenderness. no recent injury, had did a lot of stair climbing the day before which i rarely do. took antiinflammatory for a while with some improvement but now it s been over 5 weeks. ok while wearing knee brace, otherwise at times usually when asleep without it i will completely extend leg and then have severe pain and spasm until i can get it to bend. when this happens knee is sore. had an xray 3 weeks ago, showed a lot of arthritis. i feel like the knee is not stable. what to do next?
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
After going through your description, my advice would to find out the cause of joint arthritis you may get blood test for better control of pain- serum uric acid.
For osteoarthritis, weight reduction is the main treatment. Life style modifications like avoiding sitting cross legged; squatting will decrease the rate of progression of osteoarthritis. Exercises like quadriceps strengthening, swimming; straight leg rising will help in improving the muscle strength around the knee and will help in decreasing pain.
My advice would be take glucosamine for your knee osteoarthritis, the recommended dose of glucosamine sulphate is 1500mg and chondroitin sulphate is 800-1200mg daily in divides doses. Glucosamine by nutralite is a good brand and with balanced composition. This is usually given for 3 months and then 6 months off after there is symptomatic improvement. This is not a pain killer so additional medicines are required for pain control and optimum joint activity.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Take care
Dr.chugh http://bit.ly/drmchugh
Thanks for posting your query.
After going through your description, my advice would to find out the cause of joint arthritis you may get blood test for better control of pain- serum uric acid.
For osteoarthritis, weight reduction is the main treatment. Life style modifications like avoiding sitting cross legged; squatting will decrease the rate of progression of osteoarthritis. Exercises like quadriceps strengthening, swimming; straight leg rising will help in improving the muscle strength around the knee and will help in decreasing pain.
My advice would be take glucosamine for your knee osteoarthritis, the recommended dose of glucosamine sulphate is 1500mg and chondroitin sulphate is 800-1200mg daily in divides doses. Glucosamine by nutralite is a good brand and with balanced composition. This is usually given for 3 months and then 6 months off after there is symptomatic improvement. This is not a pain killer so additional medicines are required for pain control and optimum joint activity.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Take care
Dr.chugh http://bit.ly/drmchugh
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