Arthritis Blog

Arthritis drug Vioxx has been voluntarily recalled by Merck & Co Inc. worldwide. The move to pull the COX-2 inhibitor off the market shocked the arthritis world and rocked the ... Read More

Osteoarthritis is also known as "wear-and-tear" arthritis. It is typically seen as a primary disease in older people but can occur as a secondary condition in younger people. ... Read More

Rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel just got easier! The makers of Enbrel have announced that a new 50 mg/mL prefilled syringe of Enbrel (etanercept) has been approved by the U.S. ... Read More

Palladone, an opioid-based drug from Purdue Pharma L.P., has been FDA approved for the management of persistent moderate to severe pain in patients requiring continuous around-the-clock opioid pain relief for ... Read More

According to a report from the Arthritis Foundation, "The Bush administration wants Medicare patients to question their doctors about alternative medicines that may be cheaper than what they are now ... Read More

President George W. Bush believes all Americans should have access to affordable, quality health care. Who wouldn't agree with that? Even John Kerry shares that ideal. How that should be ... Read More

People with lupus produce abnormal antibodies in their blood which target tissues within their own body. Lupus is one of the autoimmune diseases. The chronic inflammation which is ... Read More

Cymbalta (duloxetine) has been approved by the FDA to treat major depression and the pain of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Cymbalta targets two chemical messengers in the body, serotonin and norepinephrine. ... Read More

When a child complains of pain, a parent usually thinks of injury at first. If the pain persists the child is likely taken to the doctor. Sometimes the ... Read More

It's not a funny David Letterman-style top ten list. Just the opposite. It's a serious matter for people with arthritis who are all too familiar with the phrase ... Read More

A blood test, known as rheumatoid factor, is used to help diagnose rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid factor is present in 80% of adults who have rheumatoid arthritis but there is ... Read More

As President Bush moves forward on the campaign trail, he touts the Medicare prescription drug benefit as one of his accomplishments. Part of the benefit was a lottery for ... Read More

Vioxx, Merck & Co. Inc.'s once-daily arthritis and pain medicine, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the relief of the signs and symptoms of the ... Read More

In the "Sunday Mail", a Scottish news publication, it was reported that a 37-year old man said he went to a clay pigeon range at Kingscliff Sporting Lodge in Methlick, ... Read More

The journal abstract is technical, but the news remarkable. Researchers from Northwestern University in Chicago report in the August 2004 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism that a 52 year ... Read More

Fibromyalgia is difficult to diagnose. Combinations of symptoms can occur which overlap with other autoimmune diseases. There are symptoms which are considered "defining" of fibromyalgia. There ... Read More

Since patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus can have a wide variety of symptoms and organ involvement, no single test establishes the diagnosis. To help doctors improve the accuracy of the ... Read More