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OS said Advil up to day of surgery...??
While rheumatoid arthritis is definitely an inflammatory disease, it is not believed that inflammation plays a major role in osteoarthritis. You are quite right of course. That was sloppy wording on my part. OA is not an inflammatory disease in the true sense of the phrase, I meant that it is...- saz2020
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- Forum: Knee Surgery Pre-Op Area
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OS said Advil up to day of surgery...??
I've always found paracetamol ineffective and so gone for NSAIDs. It made sense to me since paracetamol is not anti-inflammatory and OA is an inflammatory disease. I've also seen this study pop several times https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2015/09/07/ebmed-2015-110221.short?rss=1 which has...- saz2020
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- Forum: Knee Surgery Pre-Op Area
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2015 September Sapphires - Are You Having Knee Surgery In September?
Not younger, but youngish (44). But probably needed this 12 years ago! Had hard time persuading them to take me seriously because I was 'too young'... By time I got my 1st X-ray it was straight to TKR for both knees cos it was too late to do anything more conservative. Left one 1st... On...- saz2020
- Post #76
- Forum: Knee Surgery Pre-Op Area