Arthritis Sufferers Have Difficult Choices To Make
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With the recent news of heart problems associated with drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, people who suffer from the pain associated with arthritis have difficult choices to make.
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For people with chronic pain, relief comes with a tradeoff.
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The findings may be relevant to many people who take aspirin to prevent heart problems as well as a COX-2 inhibitor drug like Vioxx for arthritis.
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Dalia Isicoff knows pain. A lifelong sufferer of rheumatoid arthritis, she has had seven hip replacement surgeries...
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Across the United States, doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that popular drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose potentially serious heart risks.
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Medical advances are forcing more patients and families to confront ever more grueling choices about living and dying.
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Acupuncture can help boost the power of drugs in reducing the pain suffered by patients with arthritis in their knees. Patients who got three monthsâ worth of regular acupuncture treatments along with their
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Nobody's perfect. It might be best to pick your battles.
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When painful medicine is involved, closeness to a patient can make for fuzzy views.
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Americans should feel reasonably safe taking government-approved prescription drugs - with a few caveats - even after a popular arthritis medication was pulled from the market, medical experts say.
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As AIDS patients live longer they can experience a host of unexpected medical conditions, which challenge the prevailing view of the disease as chronic and manageable.
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ARTHRITIS sufferers have been told to keep taking the painkiller Celebrex despite the drug&#39;s manufacturer finding an increased risk of heart attack in users of the drug.
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(WebMD) A popular type of Christmas tree, the Scotch pine, may have a gift for people with arthritis. A chemical in its bark fights inflammation, which could ease arthritis pain.
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Shirley Hill takes Aleve for arthritis pain in her hands and her back &quot;as I need it -- not every day.&quot;. And she will continue to do so, despite a warning from the Food and Drug Administration
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New research shows that people who are at risk for rheumatoid arthritis are much more likely to develop the disease if they smoke cigarettes.
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Here's some help for those between a rock and a hard place.
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An arthritis drug should have been taken off the market years before it was finally withdrawn, say researchers.