I have really bad joint pain. What can I take?

You can try something natural, an anti inflammatory supplement, but if I were you I would also try to find the cause for your joint pain, so you can treat it long term and not just the pain right now. This is from an article about natural joint pain relief, hope it helps:

"What Causes Your Joint Pain?

The most common causes for joint pain are Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Bursitis (inflammation of the bursae).

In fact, millions of people who suffer from various aches and pains like arthritis and joint pain, back pain, fibromyalgia and others do so because of chronic internal inflammation. The pain you feel is your body telling you about an injury or damage. The swelling is your smart body stopping you from moving to protect you from more damage.

Then what happens is your body producing proteolytic enzymes. These enzymes fight the inflammation and repair the damage. They also clean your blood, break down scar tissue and even fight viruses and bacteria. The problem is that after the age of 25, your body produces dramatically less amount of these enzymes (we can’t stay young forever…). In addition, there are more factors that cause increased inflammation, like chemicals in our food and air, bad nutrition, allergies and even stress.

This is how your body is flooded with inflammation it can not control anymore. Your pain increases and out of nowhere you are diagnosed with arthritis, chronic fatigue, heart disease and the list goes on and on.

Most Common Treatment and Why It’s Dangerous

Unfortunately, most doctors simply write prescription after prescription for drugs like Celebrex, Bextra and Vioxx – that have been proven to have side effects often much worse than the pain they are supposed to be treating.

A study by the National Cancer Institute found elevated risk for heart attacks and strokes. Another study by Pfizer (Bextra’s manufacturer!!) found elevated risk of heart and blood clotting for patients that have undergone cardiac surgery. Several drugs have been recalled in the past few years such as Vioxx, Bextra and others. And what about those plain old side effects like cramping, headaches and even damage to the liver and kidneys?

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