Medications

Making your own capsaicin cream at home is cheaper and can make larger quantities, but is more difficult to store.

There are four categories of biologic response modifiers that may be used to disrupt the inflammation process in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.

Biosimilar drugs have minor differences to biologics, but often produce similar results and side effects.

Biologic response modifiers help to treat inflammatory autoimmune diseases by preventing inflammatory processes in the body.

Capsaicin cream is a topical pain reliever that can be used to help alleviate joint pain from arthritis.

Constipation is a common side effect of many pain-relief medications chronic pain sufferers take, including and especially opioid medications.

Oral pain medication is a popular treatment option for arthritis pain, but nearly 30% of people dislike or have difficulty swallowing pills.

Learning about pain management options provided by a surgeon before undergoing joint replacement surgery is an important step in the surgical process.

Sometimes opiate constipation is best treated with medical intervention, with options such as adjusting prescribed and over the counter medication, or surgery.

There are four categories of over-the-counter topical arthritis pain relievers: counterirritants, salicylates, capsaicin, and lidocaine.