For race with rheumatoid arthritis...

For race with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the joint pain and stiffness characteristic of the disease can make doing everyday chores almost impossible. novel research, however, is offering chance of the desired end to millions of sufferers.

In a freshly published study (Drug Research, 2001;51:293-298) doctors asked 30 race with RA to follow united of three treatment programs for sum of two units months: a conventional pharmaceutical treatment; a conventional treatment plus an antioxidant supply containing Iow dosages of vitamins A, C and E selenium and nutritional yeast; and conventional treatment plus 400 IU of vitamin E three times daily.

The ends showed that those taking either the antioxidant or vitamin E postscripts (in addition to the medications) benefited from major reductions in arthritic symptoms, including morning stiffness, compared with the drug-only dispose On average, subjects taking antioxidants or vitamin E had about an 80 percent reduction in symptoms. In addition, the public taking the vitamins benefited within undivided month, whereas it took sum of two units months for the drug-only collection to improve.

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