Other medications for Osteoarthritis
	Doctors may prescribe other medicines for osteoarthritis, including :

• Topical pain-relieving creams, rubs and sprays which are applied directly to the skin to provide relief. Examples include capsaicin, methyl salicylate and menthol.

• Mild narcotic painkillers, which-although very effective may be addictive and are not commonly used.

• Corticosteroids are powerful anti-inflammatory hormones made naturally in the body or manmade for use as medicine. Cortiscosteroids may be injected into the affected joints to temporarily relieve pain. This is a short-term measure, generally not recommended for more that two or three treatments per year.

• Hyaluronic aci, a medicine for joint injection, is used to treat osteoarthritis of the knee.

Recently, the food supplements glucosamine and chondroitin have been shown to relieve osteoarthritis pain and stiffness. Patients taking blood-thinners should e careful taking chondroitin as it can increase the blood thinning and cause excessive bleeding. Surgery is generally reserved for those patients with osteoarthritis that is particularly severe and unresponsive to the conservative treatments.

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