The most common treatments for these diseases are NSAIDs, Nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs.  NSAID's treat the symptoms, but do nothing to cure the disease.  They are useful in relieving discomfort, but research done at Stanford University's Department of Medicine indicates they may have long-term, negative impact on the patient. 

The most frequent and severe side effect is the gastric problems in the stomach and digestive system.  This results in more medication being used to relieve those symptoms.  A vicious circle ensues of ingesting NSAID's and then more medicine to combat the side effects of the NSAID's.

There are over a hundred different disorders that can affect the joint. The two most common are deteriorating joint disease, aka osteoarthritis, and inflamed joint disease, a-k-a rheumatoid arthritis. 

Osteoarthritis is a condition wherein the cartilage lining a joint begins to deteriorate, allowing the bones to rub together. Movement becomes painful and restricted, which in turn can result in the gradual wasting away of unused muscles. Osteoarthritis usually affects the larger, weight-bearing joints such as the hips, knees and spine, but can occur in other joints as well.

*Reprinted with permission from Emu's Zine

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