Showing posts with label Arthritis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arthritis. Show all posts

NICE set to lift 'prescription of pain' limit on £100-a-week arthritis drugs - Daily Mail 24th November 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Thousands of arthritis sufferers can keep using a range of drugs after rationing watchdog Nice overturned its decision to ban them.

The ruling earlier this year, restricting access to the £100-a-week treatments, had been condemned by campaigners as a 'prescription for pain'.

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tags: Evidence Based Practice, Cost-Effectiveness, Arthritis, Drug Therapy, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail

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  1. Fresh look at arthritis drugs use - BBC Health News 24th November 2008

Should we loosen up with these joint-care supplements? - Daily Mail 22nd November 2008

There are more than 500 causes of joint pain ranging from injury to disease.

The most common is osteoarthritis, which affects eight million people in the UK.

It usually occurs over the age of 45, but can affect younger people if they have injured or repetitively strained joints.

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tags: Health, News, UHN, Arthritis, Complementary Therapies, Daily Mail