Here’s a secret most physicians don’t know. Once arthritis pain has been treated for 3-4 months, and the pain settles down, the pain usually stays gone.

It is like putting out a fire. Once the fire is put out, you can put away the fire extinguisher. This applies to both medications and natural remedies.

Natural remedies can be far more effective than medications. These include (but are not limited to):

• Glucosamine sulfate 750 mg twice a week.

• Willow bark (containing 120-240 mg of salicin equivalent a day).

• Boswellia 1,000-2,000 mg a day. This dropped arthritis pain by an astounding 90 percent after just eight weeks in one arthritis study.

• Curcumin. This herb is poorly absorbed unless it contains the essential oils, so I only use supplements that have the very highly absorbed BCM 95 form of Curcumin.

All four of these can be taken together, and even along with your arthritis medication, though I find any one of the above to be as, or more, effective than NSAID medications. Give these six weeks to work, and then most of you will find your arthritis is much improved.