- Features a nine-point program to aid osteoarthritis
- Summarizes years of intense research
- Authored by Jason Theodosakis
Product DescriptionSince its original publication in 1996, The Arthritis Cure has swept the nation, providing amazing relief for the millions who suffer chronic arthritis pain. By outlining a nine-point program that includes a new effective supplement, ASU, The Arthritis Cure Revised Edition describes a program that can halt, reverse, and possibly even cure degenerative osteoarthritis. Based on the most recent and cutting-edge medical research, this invaluable resource promises readers:–The latest research indicating that prescription arthritis drugs are not only expensive but can also be dangerous–they can raise blood pressure and damage the kidneys. –New studies supporting the use of glucosamine and chondroitin to treat arthritic symptoms. –Dr. Theodosaki’s ratings of the current glucosamine products on the market, including which supplements are worth buying and which supplements are a waste of money. –An all-new and improved exercise program for people with arthritis. –The latest information on related conditions such as fibrmyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Theodosakis has done a terrific job with this book. It’s extremely easy to read, and provides useful recommendations that are simple to follow. I’ve already recommended it to friends and family that have arthritis.
Rating: 5 / 5
This well written and authorative book has given me hope in my battle with arthritis. I’m following the recomendations and using the products mentioned in the book and am seeing positive results. Although my hips are probably to far gone to benefit from the program (per discussion in the book), I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to protect the rest of my body from arthritis.
The section on the effects of prescription drugs alone makes this book worth reading. How many of you are aware that it is believed that Celebrex, an effective pain reliever, contributes to joint deterioration?
And, did you know that 16,000 people in this country alone die yearly from using NSAIDS?
The author reviews many commonly used drugs for arthritis relief and tells what works and what may be dangerous to you.
Stan Adamson 52 – osteoarthritis patient and double hip replacement candidate.
Rating: 4 / 5
I purchased multiple copies of the revised edition of the Arthritis Cure not only to give as gifts to friends and family members but because my mother has, for a couple of years, been pain free after following the advice of Dr. Theo’s first book. His new book improves and expounds on his recommended program on which anyone should be able to see relief from the pain and inconvenience of this debilitating disease.
Rating: 5 / 5
In the past ten months, I’ve burned through over $100k in insurance benefits, pursuing what conventional medicine offers for osteoarthritis. In that time, the disease has rapidly and progressively degenerated joints in my neck, shoulders and hips to a point that I am almost completely bed-ridden. Conventional medicine has not only done nothing whatsoever to aleviate the disease or the pain, it has addicted me to morphine and Duragesic (80 times more potent than street-level heroin). I turned to this book out of desparation.
The book states clearly and early on, that conventional medicine doesn’t know what to do for osteoarthritis OTHER THAN to mask the pain with narcotics. The position of conventional medicine – i. e. most A. M. A. practitioners – is that osteoarthritis is a normal part of aging and once it occurs, there is nothing that can be done for it. This book contends that is absolutely wrong.
The book puts forward a very compelling argument that by following a nine point systematic approach, the heart of which is a regimen of daily glucosamine and chondroitin together with ASU, osteoarthritis can not only be stopped in its progression, but the symptoms actually reversed. The book is wonderfully and powerfully written and I think maybe, the best hope and option for osteoarthritis sufferers.
How am I doing since going onto the 9-part program espoused by the book? Well, I’ve only been on the glucosamine and chondroitin for about three weeks. I haven’t been able, as yet, to locate a source for ASU, and I haven’t yet implemented any of the the other 8 parts of the cure – though I will be doing so within the next few days.
Have my osteoarthritic sypmtom abated since I started the program espoused by this book? Sad to say, no. However, I am truly convinced that as I factor in the other 8 parts of the cure and give it another month, my pain will decrease, I will regain range of motion, and I will regain function again.
I believe this is an excellent book and very much worth a read by every sufferer of osteoarthritis.
Rating: 5 / 5
Put it this way, I have joint pain, and I take glucosamine and chondroitin for the pain. But I have my doubts about them, too, especially with regard to the claim that they “rebuild cartilage” (note: I am not a doctor, and I am just a layperson and reader of average knowledge, who has done some reading on this).
Here is what the Mayo Clinic site states about glucosamine and chondroitin (Mayo has one of the top-5 arthritis departments in the country):
“Many manufacturers market dietary supplements that they claim can rebuild cartilage. But little scientific evidence supports this claim. The most studied of these supplements is glucosamine sulfate.
Glucosamine is a natural compound in your body that helps make your cartilage strong and rigid. Osteoarthritis causes the breakdown of joint cartilage and can affect any joint, including the elbow, ankle, wrist and knee. Although there is insufficient evidence that glucosamine rebuilds cartilage, there is some evidence that a combination of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate may relieve moderate to severe pain in some people with osteoarthritis of the knee. The mechanism by which it does this isn’t clear. ”
Some doctors state that glucosamine mimics aspirin and Tylenol, i. e. it is a pain reliever, not a rebuilder of joints.
The book is still good in that it shows the current scientific ideas on how to heal and feel better; but let’s not let our hopes of a “holistic cure” get in the way of evidence.
Rating: 3 / 5