A 39-year-old member asked:
how can i handle joint pain from lyme disease?
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Dr. Gregory Harvey answered
Orthopedic Surgery 38 years experience
Joint pain: You can try an anti-inflammatory but ideally your primary care doctor or an infectious disease specialist can prescribe medication.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
How do you handle joint pain from lyme?
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Dr. Randy Baker answered
Holistic Medicine 40 years experience
Treat Lyme, herbs &: Obviously it is crucial to treat the underlying cause, lyme infection, but while this is being done i advise anti-inflammatory agents. Drugs like Ibuprofen cause GI bleeding so i advise meriva (a very absorbable form of curcumin), boswellia, fish oil & proteolytic ennzymes. Also try the anti-inflammatory diet- see www.Drweil.Com/drw/u/art02012/anti-inflammatory-dietinflammatory diet.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
Roaming joint pain. Aprox 2 yrs. June-nov was deblilitating. Worse @ night. Neg for lyme. Less often currently, but still severe when it comes on.
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Dr. Bruce Rothschild answered
Rheumatology 48 years experience
See rheumatologist: Requires rheumatologist examination.
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A 46-year-old female asked:
Joint pain following lymes disease... I am trying instaflex- please let me know if u think it is ok?
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Dr. Bruce Rothschild answered
Rheumatology 48 years experience
Needs eval: Rheumatologic evaluation required to assess if had lyme disease and if joint pain related. Instaflex is not a treatment.
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