{"id":31421,"date":"2024-04-01T17:38:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/?p=31421"},"modified":"2024-04-01T17:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T22:38:47","slug":"natural-treatments-for-osteoarthritis-and-rheumatoid-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/01\/natural-treatments-for-osteoarthritis-and-rheumatoid-arthritis","title":{"rendered":"Natural Treatments for Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s important that you keep these two forms of painful arthritis separate in your mind. Osteoarthritis (OA) is considered \u2018non-inflammatory\u2019 and basically a \u2018wear-and-tear\u2019 phenomenon that occurs with passage of time. There are inflammatory components as \u2018anti-inflammatory medications\u2019, like aspirin, or the NSAIDs (Motrin, Aleve, etc.) will relieve pain, but so will Tylenol, which is not an anti-inflammatory med.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Osteoarthritis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>OA runs in families, so check your Mom\u2019s hands or your Dad\u2019s knees, appears with advancing age (yours?), and generally can be self-treated by the meds listed above. There are problems with these of course. Aspirin and the NSAIDs can irritate your stomach to the point of bleeding. NSAIDs can cause kidney damage. For OA, your best bet is prevention. Healthy diet, stretching, weight control, etc. The two supplements you have most likely heard of, <a href=\"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/12\/glucosamine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">glucosamine sulfate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/11\/chondroitin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chondroitin Sulfate<\/a>, when started early and taken regularly have been clinically proven to prevent the wear and tear type of osteoarthritis as well as repair the osteoarthritic damage. A good combination is <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.vitogenix.com\/products\/Xymogen-SynovX-Recovery-120-count-p622888861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xymogen SynovRX <\/a>Recovery which contains both glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rheumatoid Arthritis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>RA is a different condition altogether. Generally you are thought to be genetically susceptible to having your immune system rebel against you and start attacking your joints. RA is one of the 115 \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/21\/ubiquitous-autoimmune-conditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">autoimmune diseases<\/a>\u2019 along with such conditions as multiple sclerosis, Crohn\u2019s disease, psoriasis and many, many more. Nutritionally oriented practices, such as WholeHealth Chicago, stress dietary intervention and controversial diagnoses like \u2018leaky gut&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conventional rheumatologists start your treatment of RA with anti-inflammatory meds like NSAIDS, then move to &#8216;disease modifying drugs\u2019 like the antimalarial medication, Plaquenil, methotrexate, and the numerous \u2018biologicals\u2019 available. These undeniably alter the immune system to the extent that for most RA patients the days of deformed hands are over. This is an excellent summary from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsarthritis.org\/arthritis-info\/rheumatoid-arthritis\/ra-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">John Hopkins<\/a> about the meds for RA but admittedly a bit hefty if you or a family member don\u2019t actually have the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, despite being VERY heavily advertised, the \u2018biologicals\u2019 like Humira don\u2019t always work, may have side effects (listen to the announcer read them like a tobacco auctioneer at the end of a TV commercial) and yes, can even kill you by going overboard suppressing your immune system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I personally had RA, I\u2019d begin with Gut Rehab (always assume some degree of leaky gut is present), reduce gluten, start Celebrex (the mildest of the anti-inflammatories gut-wise), start<a href=\"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/15\/what-is-low-dose-naltrexone-ldn-and-can-it-help-me-2\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/15\/what-is-low-dose-naltrexone-ldn-and-can-it-help-me-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">low dose naltrexone<\/a> and if I were going to use a Disease Modifying Drug, would use Hydroxychloraquine (Plaquenil) and\/or Methotrexate. Both have been around for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A final word to tell you about a movie actor most of you might not remember. <strong>James Coburn<\/strong> was a super cool dude of a star who made a series of totally forgettable movies in the late 20<sup>th<\/sup> century until his career came to a halt by RA. Here\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.our-arthritis.com\/arthritis-blog\/personal-stories\/344-was-james-coburn-cured-of-rheumatoid-arthritis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">picture of James<\/a> with his hands. You could see with hands like those he couldn\u2019t shoot or judo-chop anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in 1996, Coburn tried\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Methylsulfonylmethane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">methylsulfonylmethane<\/a>\u00a0(MSM), a sulfur compound available at a few health food stores. The result, he said, was nothing short of miraculous. &#8220;You take this stuff and it starts right away,&#8221; said Coburn. &#8220;Everyone I&#8217;ve given it to, has had a positive response.&#8221; Though the MSM did not cure Coburn&#8217;s arthritis, it did relieve his pain, allowing him to move more freely and resume his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, these were days when nutritional supplements were not even considered possibilities as potentials for medicines. His \u2018health guru\u2019 told him about MSM, not his doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, thirty years later, MSM has been clinically tested and definitely has been shown to reduce the painful inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. There is a small amount in the <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.vitogenix.com\/products\/Xymogen-SynovX-Recovery-120-count-p622888861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xymogen<\/a> product listed above but if you have active RA and are trying to avoid moving onto biologicals, you\u2019ll need a higher dose. Order <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.vitogenix.com\/products\/MSM-Powder-p644074898\">MSM Powder by Pure Encapsulations<\/a> from our apothecary. Dose is 3 gms. daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>David Edelberg, MD<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s important that you keep these two forms of painful arthritis separate in your mind. Osteoarthritis (OA) is considered \u2018non-inflammatory\u2019 and basically a \u2018wear-and-tear\u2019 phenomenon that occurs with passage of time. There are inflammatory components as \u2018anti-inflammatory medications\u2019, like aspirin, or the NSAIDs (Motrin, Aleve, etc.) will relieve pain, but so will Tylenol, which is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4902,"featured_media":31423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,352,2688,2316,187,2686,2687,33],"tags":[1013,2691,2693,2690,1739,2694,2689,299,1015,2692],"class_list":["post-31421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a","category-aging","category-arthritis","category-featured","category-mens-health","category-osteoarthritis","category-rheumatoid-arthritis","category-womens-health","tag-autoimmune-diseases","tag-chondroitin-sulfate","tag-disease-modifying-drugs","tag-glucosamine-sulfate","tag-leaky-gut","tag-msm-methylsulfonylmethane","tag-natural-treatments","tag-osteoarthritis","tag-rheumatoid-arthritis","tag-synovrx-recovery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>OSTEOARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s important that you keep these two forms of painful arthritis separate in your mind. 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