More Good News About Pine Bark and Osteoarthritis

re: More Good News About Pine Bark and Osteoarthritis

Exodus — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:05:21 GMT

I read in another health newsletter that Pycnogenol is also useful in venous insufficienty....the kind where blisters and unlcers form on the lower legs. My husband suffers terribly from this affliction. He is also diabetic and his heart a weakened although he has never had a heart attack. He is also on coumadin so when the blisters break, he bleeds .... Anyone have any like experience and something that can possibly help him? I would be so very grateful for any tips on sources or information or personal experiences.

re: More Good News About Pine Bark and Osteoarthritis

spuderik — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06:31 GMT

There are two studies that were released in 2008 which found that the use of pycnogenol (100-150mg daily) is superior in anti-inflammatory activity and pain reduction, and also costs much less than NSAIDs. Here are the links.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18386255?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubm ed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18570266?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubm ed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles& ;logdbfrom=pubmed

re: More Good News About Pine Bark and Osteoarthritis

Julieanne — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:40:11 GMT

I noticed some time after getting rid of candida that I no longer had arthritis pains in my fingers. The pain has never returned. It definitely was arthritis, as the doc sent me for an x-ray to be sure (this was some years ago).

His view was 'it's not advanced enough to need treatment yet'. In other words, 'let it get worse, then I will give you a drug'. Typical!