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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / May 2008Some news for osteo-arthritis sufferers
It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people with osteoarthritis, but I've just been reading this, which is quite interesting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7339245.stm Jayne I wonder what a "resident stem cell" is. Gwen > It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people with > osteoarthritis, but I've just been reading this, which is quite [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jayne I wondered that too Gwen - I will have to have a browse later. Jayne On Apr 12, 12:28 pm, <sweetpickl...@SPAMknology.net> wrote: > I wonder what a "resident stem cell" is. > Gwen [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Correct me please if I am wrong but I believe that means "your own stem cell" so that the body does not reject it when implanted back in the joint after being grown from the stem cell. Harv Thanks Harv, that sounds as if it might be right! Gwen On Apr 12, 12:28 pm, <sweetpickl...@SPAMknology.net> wrote: > I wonder what a "resident stem cell" is. > Gwen [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Correct me please if I am wrong but I believe that means "your own stem cell" so that the body does not reject it when implanted back in the joint after being grown from the stem cell. Harv >It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people with >osteoarthritis, but I've just been reading this, which is quite interesting. > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7339245.stm > >Jayne Did you also see in the news recently how they used an arthritis drug to treat alzheimers? http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=268 >>It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people with >>osteoarthritis, but I've just been reading this, which is quite [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=268 Its funny you should say that, but yes, I was reading about it in the bbc health pages, where I saw the other article. I wonder where they got the idea in the first place to inject Enbrel in the neck?? Jayne >> Did you also see in the news recently how they used an arthritis drug >> to treat alzheimers? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jayne What I meant to add to my post was, and this is in no way being nosy or anything, but is that Andy as in "Andy"???? If it is it is very nice to see you again. Jayne >> I wonder where they got the >> idea in the first place to inject Enbrel in the neck?? >> >> Jayne Clinical error? No but seriously, I don't know. >What I meant to add to my post was, and this is in no way being nosy or >anything, but is that Andy as in "Andy"???? If it is it is very nice to see >you again. > >Jayne Yes it's me, and nice to see you also. I may pop in here now and again, if only to disprove Jans theory that I eloped with Connie D. It does amuse me how the group misses certain individuals, may be I was a bigger contributor than I thought I was! There used to be quite a few of us (back in the day) [as the americans say] Alison Jane Bestwick Martin McGowan Old Don Heather Sandy Morton are a list (not fully inclusive) of names I remember. And then you get the Alan Fishers and Peter James's who post frequently then you never hear of them for a number of years. I suppose I have become one of the later(lol). I haven't hear from Connie or Robert but wish them well in whatever they are doing these days. Andy >>> I wonder where they got the >>> idea in the first place to inject Enbrel in the neck?? [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > >Andy Nice to see you here Andy. I have tried to trace Connie with no luck. Shirley  SignatureShirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.org.uk >>What I meant to add to my post was, and this is in no way being nosy or >>anything, but is that Andy as in "Andy"???? If it is it is very nice to [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Andy Really good to see you posting Andy, and who knows, perhaps others will come out to say hello! I was only just talking about you yesterday, so it was nice that you posted later on! Jayne > Really good to see you posting Andy, and who knows, perhaps others > will come out to say hello! I was only just talking about you > yesterday, so it was nice that you posted later on! Still here but mostly lurking but it is a nice ng to visit. SignatureA T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village http://www.millport.net >> Really good to see you posting Andy, and who knows, perhaps others >> will come out to say hello! I was only just talking about you >> yesterday, so it was nice that you posted later on! > > Still here but mostly lurking but it is a nice ng to visit. Hiya Sandy - nice to see you! Jayne > are a list (not fully inclusive) of names I remember. > And then you get the Alan Fishers and Peter James's who post > frequently then you never hear of them for a number of years. Boooooooooooooo!!!! That Fisher lad, though: you wouldn't want to hear from HIM too often, ah reckun. AF > Boooooooooooooo!!!! That Fisher lad, though: you wouldn't want to hear > from > HIM too often, ah reckun. > > AF Wondered if you's show up!! How are you Alan? Jayne > > Boooooooooooooo!!!! That Fisher lad, though: you wouldn't want to hear > > from [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jayne Thooper, ta. You? For the record, I quit all anti-infs recently and am showing no signs of any probs - so it's just the weekly MTX now. Work has gone rubbish. Giz a job? G'wan, giz a job. I can carry things. (Who *doesn't* get that reference then?) L'n'K Alan >"Andy" <americauk00nospam@gmail.com> wrote... >> Did you also see in the news recently how they used an arthritis drug [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >health pages, where I saw the other article. I wonder where they got the >idea in the first place to inject Enbrel in the neck?? from a bright idea of how alzheimer's comes about, presumably. it's a bit odd that something that suppresses the immune system w.r.t. cancers (which is what an anti-tnf drug is doing) should also work on arthritic joints. but given that it seems to work, why not give it a try on whatever process it is that creates the plaques in the brains of people with alzheimer's. SignatureRobin Fairbairns, Cambridge > snipped Andy, as in Andy of 1996 or even earlier. If so, welcome back. Where you bin! >> snipped >Andy, as in Andy of 1996 or even earlier. If so, welcome back. > >Where you bin! I could ask the same question of you - lol >>> snipped >>Andy, as in Andy of 1996 or even earlier. If so, welcome back. >> >>Where you bin! > > I could ask the same question of you - lol Nice to see you back again Andy Splodge Thanks Jayne. This looks helpful for the long term. As you say little signs of progress with Osteo understanding & treatment. Mostly recently is just been all about the Drugs that are found to be to dangerous to use (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") mouse(so buy new legs ?) In article <48011f33$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, Trimble Bracegirdle <no-spam@never.spam> scribeth thus >Thanks Jayne. This looks helpful for the long term. >As you say little signs of progress with Osteo understanding & treatment. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >(='.'=) >(")_(") mouse(so buy new legs ?) Just a small warning to anyone here who takes a calcium channel blocker like Amlodpine for high blood pressure and crosses that with NSAID's like Ibuprofen.. I fortunately only thus far, suffer from relativity light Arthur and normally just drop a few Ibuprofen when in pain. Tho recently I had been doing that a bit much and noticed that my ankles were very "puffy" especially when I pushed a finger into them it would leave a sizeable dent called in medical terms "pitting oedema" one of the early symptoms of heart failure!. A rather nervous visit to the doc confirmed that this was indeed the case and she was rather concerned by quite how large this pitting effect was and ordered up a heart echocardiogram which needless to say led to some fretting especially as I had a heart murmur and it being enlarged by late diagnosed hypertension;!. Fortunately a very experienced heart clinical nurse was driving this machine and gave the old tick-tock the all clear by saying that the murmur wasn't, and the heart wasn't enlarged either as these are commonly misdiagnosed by misinterpretation of X-rays and what's heard down the doc's stethoscope the echo machine giving very superior diagnostic info!.!. However she did point out that if I wanted to achieve puffy ankles or fluid retention then I was taking two of the best drugs I could to achieve that!. So anyone who's on a long term NSAID and a calcium channel blocker might be as well to check that sometime with the doc as this can cause kidney damage etc if it goes on too long!.. SignatureTony Sayer > It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people with > osteoarthritis, but I've just been reading this, which is quite interesting. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7339245.stm > > Jayne Looks good. At 70 it's a bit late for me, but offers hope for others. Thanks for posting it Jayne, I've been summoned into my GP's this week for what they laughingly call a "medication review". My golfing mate who went last week said the only result of his, was they stopped his painkillers. If they do that to me, I swear I have a "hissy fit" in the Doctors office. > Looks good. At 70 it's a bit late for me, but offers hope for others. > Thanks for posting it Jayne, > I've been summoned into my GP's this week for what they laughingly call > a "medication review". My golfing mate who went last week said the only > result of his, was they stopped his painkillers. If they do that to me, > I swear I have a "hissy fit" in the Doctors office. My docs do that to me once a year or so, but most of the medications he leaves well alone, as they are prescribed by the rheumatologist. I don't take anywhere near the amount of painkillers as I used to, since the knee was done. I take a codeine in the morning when I get up, as my shoulders are usually killing me, and a dihydrocodeine 60mg at night so that I sleep through the pain in the shoulders and that is it now. Good luck with your appointment. Jayne I thought only Americans from the South knew how to have a hissy fit! It is required of us. Gwen >> It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people >> with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > result of his, was they stopped his painkillers. If they do that to me, > I swear I have a "hissy fit" in the Doctors office. It's better to throw one though, than to just have one! Gwen >I thought only Americans from the South knew how to have a hissy fit! It >is required of us. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> result of his, was they stopped his painkillers. If they do that to me, >> I swear I have a "hissy fit" in the Doctors office. >It often seems there isn't much in the way of developments for people with >osteoarthritis, but I've just been reading this, which is quite interesting. > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7339245.stm Thanks for positing that, I must have managed to overlook it on my daily scour of the BBC news site. |
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