Health Canada issues alerts for unauthorized arthritis, joint treatments
Health Canada is warning consumers not to take certain unauthorized arthritis and joint medications because they may cause serious side effects including muscle damage, seizures and hallucinations....
View ArticleHealth Canada pulls osteoarthritis drug Prexige
Health Canada on Thursday warned consumers about potential liver-related adverse side effects including hepatitis linked to the anti-inflammatory drug Prexige. Read More......(read more)
View ArticleRheumatoid arthritis mortality rates unchanged over past 40 years: study
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a higher risk of dying at a younger age than people without the disease, new research suggests. Read More......(read more)
View ArticleRheumatoid arthritis drug may increase cancer risk
Sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis who take the antirheumatic drug methotrexate increase their risk of developing certain types of cancer, suggests new research. Read More......(read more)
View ArticleLittle relief in sight for arthritis waiting lists
The five-year waiting time that many Newfoundland and Labrador arthritis patients endure for treatment is unacceptable, a patient says. Read More......(read more)
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