natural ,homeopathic treatments

February 15, 2008

Hi all!

I'm 41 and can no longer take Humira due to the frequent infections I

get on it. I can't tolerate MTX, or any others due CYP 450. Don't know

if anyone knows about that stuff, but I have been using Aleve,

darvocet, and finally after 6 years of asking got my first script for

vicodin. I also have fibro, sjorgrens, raynaud's, hashimoto's, etc bla

bla bla In other words a train wreck as I like to say Does anyone

SUCESSFULLY use natural remedies for pain relief, or symptom relief of

any of the conditions I mentioned? Any 40's mom or dad's out their?

Gentle hugs to all of you, especially the original creater of this group.

February 15, 2008

I’m sorry you are having so much

trouble. I’m not aware of any successes from natural remedies in

general but some people find that food sensitivities are part of their problem

and by using an elimination diet to find these sensitivities they get some

relief. This doesn’t work for everyone but it is worth a try.

It takes a lot of patience and self-discipline so I haven’t tried it

because I’m pretty well controlled with other things. Here’s

one link that you may find helpful.

Another thing to consider is antibiotic

therapy. Minocycline is approved by the American College

of Rheumatology as a DMARD (Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug) but is not

often suggested by rheumatologists because there haven’t been a lot of

clinical trials on it. Good clinical trials are very expensive and

usually they are funded only by drug companies hoping to get a monopoly

position on an expensive medication to pay for the trials. Minocycline does

not have a patent position and is a relatively cheap medicine so drug companies

have no incentive to conduct trials. All of the clinical trials I have

seen show good results with antibiotics like Minocycline. The link below

is to an advocacy group that has a lot of personal stories and other

information about using antibiotics for RA.

Antibiotic Therapy - Road Back Foundation

I hope you find some acceptable way to get

your ailments under control. God bless.

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