Clinics of Dr. Dhiya - Pycnogenol® lowers inflammation and pain and improves mobility in osteoarthritis
Pycnogenol® lowers inflammation and pain and improves mobility in osteoarthritis
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Date Posted : 2009-09-23
Osteoarthritis is the most medical condition for people to use alternative therapies. Our goal is the relief from joint pain and stiffness and with time the restoration of mobility.
In double-blind, placebo-controlledclinical study in Italy with 156 osteoarthritis patients took 100 mg pycnogenol daily for 3 months. Symptoms were evaluated by WOMAC score.Pycnogenol reduced inflammation (CRP -72%) and joint pain by 56% (the pain score decreased from average 17.3 (maximum possible score of 20 representing severe pain) to 7.7.. The stiffness score decreased from 6.6 (on a scale 0 to 8) to 3.1 and joint physical function decreased from average 55.3 (on a scale 0 to 68) to 23.8.However, the controlhad no change of joint stiffness and only a marginal improvement of physical function.
NSAID medication decreased by 58%, which had stomach problems improve in patients.
Joint flexibility improved and patients could walk almost three times longer distances on a treadmill.
Thank you for the informative
articles..
Only if our main stream doctors would tell us of these simple alternative medicines..
بتاريخ : 2010-06-15