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Friday, 27th May 2005 (7098 views)

Gold has been used to treat various health conditions for a long time, but now new research has shown injecting gold and using another treatment can considerably reduce arthritis severity.<br/><br/>The Arthritis Research Center of Canada in Vancouver tested 65 patients over a period of time injecting them with either gold or inactive "placebo" injections.<br/><br/>Dr John M Esdaile and colleagues found that gold can speed up treatment response with methotrexate, with more gold treated patients reporting response after 48 weeks.<br/><br/>As well as improving response the gold injections were found to be more cost effective too.<br/><br/>"Given the high costs of (newer anti-rheumatic drugs), we believe that there continues to be an important role for gold in combination with methotrexate, especially when cost is an issue," the researchers claimed.<br/><br/>Several observation studies have suggested gold can boost treatment response but until now it has not been investigated, according to Reuters.<br/><br/>Methotrexate is the standard drug used to treat the disease, with the gold combination the best treatment when methotrexate fails to provide response on its own.<img alt="track" src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=8605451"/>

 

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