Antibiotic Treatment - Using Antibiotics To Treat Arthritis
Information on using antibiotics to treat arthritis. Research has pointed to a possible benefit of antibiotics for the treatment of some types of arthritis. The use of antibiotics such as Minocin, generic name minocycline, appears to suppress enzymes involved in the inflammatory process.
More than forty years of research has suggested that mycoplasma is the cause and tetracycline is the cure for rheumatoid arthritis, but this theory is still challenged.
Doxycycline may prevent progression of osteoarthritis. More studies are needed.
Some people have had good results while taking minocycline for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Focuses on antibiotic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases.
Medications have long been considered "traditional" treatment. Since individual response to a specific medication can vary and because possible side effects are also a factor, finding the most effective medication or combination of medications can be a more difficult process than one would expect.
The Road Back Foundation (RBF), founded by patient-volunteers in 1993, is a non profit organization dedicated to support, research and education regarding the treatment and causes of arthritis and and related diseases. A particular focus of the Foundation is treatment and research using safe, low-cost, low-dose antimicrobial therapy proven effective in NIH-sponsored clinical trials.
Treatment of inflammatory rheumatic disease with low dose antibiotic therapy, from rheumatic.org
The theory and hypothesis behind tetracycline used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, from drdoc.
A modified version of Dr. Brown's protocol, from Dr. Joseph Mercola.
Studies demonstrate a possible link between mycoplasmal infections and rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, from IMM.
