Dr. Ronald Shapiro: Toxic Joint Syndrome - A New Therapeutic Option Number 2

 Ronald Shapiro MD, PhD, FACP Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toledo   Toxic Joint Syndrome (TJS) was defined and characterized in the first segment of this series. Certainly there are benefits to current therapeutic options; however, there are also significant  disadvantages that include  treatment associated  morbidity and mortality, reduced quality of life, impaired performance, income loss from escalating debility, and significant moneta...

Dr. Ronald Shapiro: Toxic Joint Syndrome - A New Therapeutic Option; Number 1

  Ronald Shapiro MD, PhD, FACP Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toledo   Do you, your loved ones, your friends, or someone you know have a joint problem that interferes  with what you or they want to do? Is there concern about taking medications that may become addictive, habit forming, or that may harm you? Do you know that there are  new and up-to-the-minute concepts regarding the cause and course of  joint  problems? Are you concerne...

Centers for Disease Control: Drug Ovderdoses Kill More Americans than Car Accidents:

  Drug Overdoses Kill More Americans Than Car Accidents: CDC Almost half of drug poisonings are now from abuse of prescription painkillers, researchers note URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_119917.html(*this news item will not be available after 03/19/2012) Tuesday, December 20, 2011   TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- More Americans now die from drug overdoses than in car accidents, according to a new governmen...

New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried: Vicodin times 10

 New powerful painkiller has abuse experts worried. Vicodin times 10: Abuse experts worried about new, stronger form of a widely abused painkiller. By Chris Hawley, Associated Press | AP – 12-26-2011 NEW YORK (AP) -- Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse. The new pills contain the highly addictive painkiller hydrocodone, pack...

Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis

An estimated 27 million U.S. adults have clinical osteoarthritis.  Read the complete article by selecting the download button.  

Increasing Prevalence of Knee Pain and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

Annals of Internal Medicine.  Frequently, knee pain affects approximately 25% of adults.  The conclusion of the report:  The results suggest that the prevalence of knee pain has increased substantially over 20 years independent of age or BMI (Body Mass Index).  Select the download button for the complete article.  

Take Care With Pain Meds

 

Toledo Blade: Pain Reliever, WilloMD alternative to relieve joint pain.

 

Annals of Internal Medicine-Increasing Prevalence of Knee Pain

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New WilloMD Pain Management Technology Holds Great Promise in Light of New Stanford Discovery Relating to the Cause of Osteoarthritis.

New WilloMD Pain Management Technology Holds Great Promise in Light of New Stanford Discovery Relating to the Cause of Osteoarthritis. New Findings at Stanford University School of Medicine May Have Implications for WilloMD Technology for Safe OA Joint Pain Management. MONROE, MI. USA – November 14, 2011 – Physician’s Technology, LLC, welcomes and supports information released yesterday relating to the discovery of a new cause of osteoarthritis. Findings by senior investigator Dr. William R...