Gold Treatment.
Last updated Thursday, December 30, 2004
Conclusion
This page contains some things to remember about gold treatments for arthritis.What are should people with arthritis do and NOT do when taking gold treatment? Do:
- Take the medicine in the exact amount and at the exact times instructed by your doctor.
- Read the package insert that comes with your medicine. If you have problems or questions, call your doctor or pharmacist.
- Before taking gold treatment, tell your doctor:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding.
- if you have any other health problems
- if you are taking any other prescription or over-the-counter medicines
- if you have taken gold before and why you stopped taking it
- Know these facts about your medicine:
- What is the name?
- What are the side effects?
- Why you are taking it?
- How to take it correctly?
Don't:
- Do not reduce the dose or stop taking your medicine without contacting your doctor.
Credits The Arthritis Foundation and the University of Washington Department
of Orthopaedics do not endorse any brand name or generic name
medication listed here.
For information about arthritis or gold treatment from a variety of
sources, contact the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases (NIAMS) Clearinghouse at: National Institutes of Health, 1 AMS
Circle, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-3675, (301) 495-4484, toll free (877)
22-NIAMS
Some of this material may also be available in an Arthritis Foundation
brochure. Contact the Washington/Alaska Chapter Helpline: (800)
542-0295. If dialing from outside of WA and AK, contact the National
Helpline: (800) 283-7800.
Adapted from the pamphlet originally prepared for the Arthritis
Foundation by Daniel E. Furst, MD, Norman L. Gottlieb, MD, and Ralph E.
Small, PharmD. This material is protected by copyright. Disclaimer
This resource has been provided by the University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine as general information only. This information may not apply to a specific patient. Additional information may be found at http://www.orthop.washington.edu or by contacting the UW Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.
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