I have a major problem with costo today so cant type much.

FYI Harv, I have been seeing a Rheumatologist for about two years.  The RA
is in my hands, fingers, wrists and the OA is everywhere else.
My question to the group was what other DMARD's are out there, other than
methotrexate and plaquenil, since I apparently can't have either one ...

Promise of Tetracycline Antibiotic for Osteoarthritis
14 Jul 2005
Study Shows Effectiveness of Doxycycline in Slowing Disease
Progression. A tetracycline antibiotic, doxycycline, has been

I read this in rec.pets,cats,anecdotes (OK we do get off topic once in a
while) and while it isn't new information. for the first time I felt like I
understood it.  Howard is very good at explaining things so they make sense,
to me anyway.  He is not a physician, but does work in ...

It's called Artrosilium, it's wickedly expensive (£169.00 for 12 months
supply) and the mailshot could soon be coming through your letterbox any day
now from a company called C.I. Research of Winchester.
Apparently it contains Organic silicon to make my joints supple, Meadowsweet

I need to have a shoulder joint replacement and repair to my rotator
cuff. Would appreciate any particulars that will make it easier going
for this surgery..It will be my 5th joint replacement, but my 1st
shoulder..I sure dread another surgery, but I guess if I want to give up

Dear Squirrelly Jo,
Thank you for the loving card that I received on yesterday! It is so
wonderful that you remember me!  and so many others!  The cards always
come at just the right moment.

I have permission from Health Communications to offer an
excerpt from the "The Gold Coast Cure," a new diet and
fitness book that began as a program for treating multiple
sclerosis (MS).

Does anyone in the group have any experience with taking this drug
(Plaquinil) for knee
pain (arthritis)?
Thanks.

Finally got the cards the way I wanted them and they are going in the
mailbox in a few minutes.  Hope you all enjoy them.  I am looking
forward to the first ones to appear in my mailbox.
Loujean

.....how to tell when you have overdone it.
Let's see, not only did I got a decent night's sleep last night but I also
napped this morning *and* fell aleep this afternoon.  I figure I slept an
extra 6 hours today.  Wow.  Once the humidity of the past week let up I felt

My new scooter is here, and has been on its in first run--the basket
popped off when going over a bump
Pace Saver III is its brand name.    Beautiful shiny red quiet as a
mouse and smooth riding

came down with plantar facitis and physio brought me out a trial sample of
pennsaid, well its been three weeks now and the foot is just about back to
normal.  The therapist said it was a magical drug and as far as I'm
concerned it sure is.

Does anyone in the group have any experience with taking this drug
(Plaquinil) for knee pain (arthritis)?
Thanks.