Comments on: New Research Raises Doubts on Popular Alternative Therapies for Arthritis Treatments

By: Sharyn B

Sharyn B — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:39:33 +0000

10 years ago i started using “Joint Advantage” Gold by Dr. David Williams. I was 53 with bilateral knee pain in the morning. My dad had a hx of osterartritis so I decided to try Joint Advantage. Within 3 days I no longer had any pain. Two years ago I had MRI’s of both shoulders because of a torn rotator cuff. It showed a partial tear and arthritis of both shoulders. The doctor asked if I was having any shoulder pain before my injury. I said no. I credit that to the years of taking Joint Advantage.

By: jeff, MD

jeff, MD — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:39:47 +0000

Magnetic/metalic therapy is a scam. A friend/acquaintance has made millions off of these. He asked/suggested I invest in this about 15 years ago. We both saw it taking off. He had visions of wealth, and he now has it. I had visions of my patients spending what little money they had on false hope. I call my patients unfortunate, and I call him much worse.
JMK, MD

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:19:15 +0000

many years ago while stationed in Asia a friend of mine had very bad arthritic hands. it pained her to type. They were knobby looking. Years later we were having lunch and I noticed her ring and then her fingers, she told me she then went to an acupuncturist. It was amazing her fingers seemed to be straightened out. I don’t know if anyone else has tried this but if I didn’t see this I wouldn’t have believed it. I use heat packs and then I just got a hip replacement and that eliminated my hip pain.