I'm on Mobic and as others have said, without it for a couple days, I hurt like hell and my quality of life is severely diminished. Wife uses some kind of topical cream on her hands that also helps.
The one thing that I'm sure will help, but I haven't been very consistent about is reducing the inflammation caused by my diet. Consider going to something like a Paloe diet and also take fish oil supplements.
This is what I was told would help.....not by a doctor, but a friend who also deals with OA. I understand there are many food items that can greatly contribute to inflammation.
I have friend over in Grand Junction that was looking at a double hip replacement. He got on this treatment of foods that he was allergic to and now has no pain and will not need a
transplant.
http://www.immunolabs.com/patients/Celebrex does not work any better than all the other OTC NSAIDs
Advil works for be, Alieve is better, but it acts as a stimulant for me and keeps me wake at night.
It hurts, but start to exercise more
