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).

I would like to do some reading about the benefits of using supplements like
gloco. or msm, vitamins etc... for treating arthritis
I am only interested in rigorous scientific studies,  and not  bogus
advertising claims...

I am the Mother of "Green" who posted under the topic young sufferer.
I want to be able to support her and try to understand the nature of
this beast.  I am a nurse and know somewhat of the process, yet when it
touches someone you love an illness such as this really can knock the

Found out today that I now have RA along with the OA.  The doc *was* going
to prescribe methotrexate until she saw the results of my last labs and saw
that my liver enzymes were high.  I fought Lyme disease for 10 years and
that battle left me with higher than normal enzymes.  So ...

Well 3 weeks into taking 12.5 mg of MTX (5 each, 2.5mg) one time per
week.
Can't really say I am noticing much of a difference, so far. My index
finger joint and tendons are swollen as hell, hurt like bitch all of