Drug Shown To supply Much Needed Alternative Therapy For Chronic Shoulder Pain

After the rise in safety concerns surrounding Vioxx and other Cox-2 inhibitors, citizens suffering from chronic shoulder pain were left with just two therapy options at opposite extremes – take Advil, or have surgery. But a new study

from Columbia University Medical Center shows that sodium hyaluronate, a drug that is FDA-approved for osteoarthritis of the knee, is additionally effective for shoulder pain. [click link for full article]

Original post by Patricia Mayville-Cox