Chon and Glucosamine, has good reviews, so how you doing Frank ? I've been taking flaxseed, thought they were working but arthritis has been very bad lately Have ordered Gotu Kola, will give them a fair trial ..............
Yes, Chon and Glucosamine do work on some folks, but read "not everyone". I used Glucosamine Sulfate for a number of years, without any noticeable arthritis pain change. I'm currently taking a 40mg tablet daily Undenatured Collagen 2 and it isn't really helping my achy pain either. It's pretty obvious that all of these vitamin supplements that advertise about helping arthritis pain, just doesn't work for some folks. Really wish someone would fine something that I could use. I don't want to be taking ibuprofen daily for the rest of my life, but if I have to. Actually, I plan on seeing a different orthopedic surgeon for an eval on my left shoulder. My last MRI showed a small (less than 1/4") tear on a tendon, but also stated that there is osteoarthritis in the shoulder. Have already had one rotator cuff surgery/tendon repair on the shoulder.
I wish there was a pain med that's as effect as an opioid but not addictive. If there is you can bet it will be expensive. I have left shoulder pain and it comes and goes with no apparent pattern or reason. I'm not ready for any type of surgery either. It's more at a nuisance stage then anything else. Sometimes I'll go weeks without it bothering me, then sometimes like now it hurts.
Two ways to find out the problem: x-ray and/or MRI. Surgery may not be required, but never know. However, would take surgery over getting hooked on an opioid. If it is just arthritis, not much can de done except taking an otc pain med.
@Cody Fousnaugh - yes but you haven't tried Chon and Glucos together yet, I was waiting to see what Frank had to say on it
Did have an x-ray many years ago but it showed nothing. I can't deal with recovering from surgery and all the rehab when I live alone and have a dog to take care of.... It's not bad enough for surgery ....yet.
@Patsy Faye @Steve North He has this to say: I have been taking a combination Chondroitin/Glucosamine 350mg, Turmeric 500mg, Bromelain 500mg, for about 6 weeks now, and Silymarin 350mg for quite awhile longer, perhaps 2 years. Truthfully, the shoulders hurt about the same amount as before the herbals started, surely no worse, but surprisingly, the pain somehow feels more tolerable. It's hard to explain. Lying back in my recliner, before, I just could not raise my right arm up above my head, and now I can, but still painfully. Perhaps some kind of psychological "easement". Earlier in my life I was inclined to believe psychological effects were not totally real, a form of "mind-B.S.", if you will. Now, I think I see things less pragmatically. Today I changed out the thermostat in our newly-acquired old Mustang, and leaning forward with arms extended while piddling with hose clamps, hoses, bolts, etc., was not terribly difficult due to pain. I realize now just how important it is to me, both physically and mentally, to be able to continue doing work like that. I appreciate your expressed concern! Frank EDIT: I am taking no pain relievers at all, though the container of Ibuprofen sits at the ready.
Now I'm considering a Cotizone shot in the shoulder. Had one in hip in 2007, but because hip socket was bone-on-bone (no cartilage left at all), the shot didn't work. Ended up getting hip replacement surgery done.
I was researching the possibility of a cortisone shot for myself recently on the Arthritis Foundation website and came across this information which may be of importance and/or interest to you, Cody: "Corticosteroids – widely used to treat diseases as diverse as asthma and lupus – appear to increase the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), according to a Danish study published online this month in JAMA Internal Medicine." http://www.arthritis.org/living-wit...rticosteroids/corticosteroids-blood-clots.php There is a whole page of further information depending on what kind of arthritis you have, and what other health problems or risks you have. I decided not to get the cortisone injection myself, after reading it.
@Augusta Heathbourne The study is not to be looked at with scorn, IMO. It involved thousands of case studies. Personally, I have always placed Corticosteroids (aka Glucocorticoids) on my "reserved for further consideration" list, mostly because of the phenomenon known as Adrenal Insufficiency. AI occurs when the body senses an abnormally high level of steroid hormones in the body, and shuts down the Adrenal Glands. Such abatement of normal Adrenal production can lead to death. Just my opinion. Frank
My arthritis mostly gives me discomfort when certain combinations of weather pressure systems develop. I'm so used to this now I just tell my Honey when we are fixing to have a big change in the weather just by the aches and pains going on in my body. So far I have been blessed that I haven't had to get any prescription meds for this although sometimes the discomfort is really aggravating. It always passes though in a few days so I just "grin" and bear it the best I can. The only thing I take for these aches and pains are Tylenol Arthritis formula because I can't take Advil or Aleve, or anything in that class because of my asthma. I hope all of you who are really suffering with arthritis find something that will help y'all live with less pain and discomfort. And @Frank Sanoica it does sound like what you are taking is helping you some and that is good news.
Well, so far the Cortisone shot my wife got in her thumb (trigger thumb) has been working for the last three weeks. No pain at all in the thumb! Yesterday she got a Cortisone shot in a finger that has some arthritis in it. Will see how that works out. BUT, concerning her thumb, so far so good!! We keep that it will continue.