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Boniva vs. Fosamax vs. Actonel: Which is Better?

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There are currently three main drugs used to treat osteoperosis: Boniva, Fosamax, and Actonel. All three drugs treat the disease in generally the same way, but do have slight differences that you may want to bring up when talking to your doctor. Lets take a look at a few of these differences [...]

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Arthritis sufferers have an alternative to Celebrex

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With all the buzz (some good but mostly bad) about Celebrex out there, it’s surprising how few people seem to be aware of an alternative arthritis treatment called Euflexxa.

I just ran a Google search on the two terms, and while Celebrex returned 11,300,000 results, Euflexxa came back with just [...]

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Best stoner flick: Harold & Kumar — or Celebrex ad?

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I keep hoping it will go away (after all, it’s been around for over a year), but I can’t seem to escape that two-minute-plus Celebrex ad with a bunch of freaky faceless people bicycling, drinking tea, painting fences, reading the newspaper, swimming with the [...]

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Chondroitin as effective as a placebo?

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If you are buying chondroitin to sooth your arthritis, you may want to start looking for a new supplement. According to the New York Times,

Despite its popularity, a study released yesterday suggests that chondroitin may not offer any real benefit. Writing in The Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers said a review [...]

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Vioxx, Part Deux?

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From the Chicago Tribune:

Given the option of living with pain or an increased heart attack risk, some Baby Boomers are assuming the risk and going back to a drug still considered potentially dangerous by the government. Two years after Vioxx and other powerful arthritis pain fighters were linked to cardiovascular trouble, there [...]

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