Refreshing that the Boston U report described in this article supports what many physicians tell me in the clinic 👉 Immunosuppressive drugs palliate inflammatory symptoms short-term...but can exacerbate many of these same symptoms over longer time periods:nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1…
2/2 The report found that #corticosteroid shots in the hips and knees may accelerate the progression of #osteoarthritis and potentially even hasten the need for #joint replacement surgeries in the long run
3/3 “While patients may report temporary pain relief from the #corticosteroid injections, injections may be detrimental in the long run...They may actually harm your knee or your #hip” - Dr. Ali Guermazi, Professor of radiology at Boston University School of Medicine
4/4 My intent w/ these tweets is not to make patients feel guilty abt taking immunosuppressive drugs when they have few other mainstream #treatment options 👉 I am trying to encourage the scientific community to help develop better alternatives to immunosuppressive drugs
To better understand my perspective on problems associated w/ immunosupressive #drug use please read this article I wrote 👉 “Antibiotics, immunosuppressive drugs and the downfall of the human immune system”: microbeminded.com/2018/03/31/ant…
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