2006-11-09 15:27:37 · 5 answers · asked by Donna H 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Gold salts have been used in medicine since 1929 , primarily to reduce inflammation and to slow disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Gold salts accumulate slowly in the body and, over time, reduce inflammation. Gold salts are used to slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriatic arthritis, membranous nephritis, lupus erythematosus and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).
This is an expensive treatment because of frequent doctor visits and lab tests.
2006-11-09 18:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by mikhoi_07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold Salts For Rheumatoid Arthritis
2016-12-15 04:58:59 · answer #2 · answered by casalenda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold is used to reduce inflammation and slow disease progression in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
It is not understood exactly how gold works to treat rheumatoid arthritis. However, gold salts appear to accumulate slowly in the body and, over time, they reduce inflammation and slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.
Gold injections are required every week for 22 weeks before less-frequent doses begin.
Side effects may develop after a significant amount of gold has accumulated in the body.
Oral gold has fewer side effects than gold injected into the muscle. Common side effects of oral gold include:
Decreased appetite, nausea, and diarrhea.
Problems with the skin, blood, kidneys, or lungs (rare).
Common side effects of injected gold include:
An itchy skin rash, Mouth sores.
Rarer side effects include:
Kidney problems (kidney damage that causes loss of protein in the urine).
Suppression of blood cell production, which may increase the risk of infection or serious bleeding. (Return to normal blood cell production may take several weeks after the drug is no longer taken.)
Extremely rare side effects include bowel or lung inflammation.
It can take 3 to 6 months before gold treatment improves symptoms.
Regular urine tests to check for protein (indicating kidney damage) and blood tests are needed.
Regular doctor visits, frequent lab tests, and the cost of gold can make this treatment expensive.
Examples:
Oral (by mouth) -
Brand Name Chemical Name
Ridaura gold/auranofin
Solganal gold aurothioglucose
Aurolate, Myochrysine gold sodium thiomalate
Intramuscular (by a shot or injection)
Brand Name Chemical Name
Ridaura gold/auranofin
Solganal gold aurothioglucose
Aurolate, Myochrysine gold sodium thiomalate
2006-11-11 07:33:06 · answer #3 · answered by Goldista 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine for a moment your arthritis completely vanishing right now.
If, in a moment, your pain and stiffness melted away. And your joints all of a sudden functioned like a well-oiled machine.
Like a magic wand was waived, you'd be able to jump up from your chair and run around the room like a kid.
And imagine that you'd never have to suffer as much as a pinch of arthritis stiffness or pain ever again.
I know this sounds impossible right now, but bear with me, because sometimes miracles happen.
It was a gift from a woman on the other side of the world. From the kindness of her heart, she took pity on my suffering and taught me how to completely reverse my arthritis.
Today, I want to do the same for you!
2016-05-20 23:14:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there truly were such a thing, it could easily react with silver salts, for example, considering how unreactive gold is you just need to add silver nitrate, or any other salt you can basically think of!
2016-03-19 05:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
actual gold taken in a medicinal form
2006-11-09 15:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋