Tag: osteoarthritis

Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) as treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain

An abridged version of this article was published in the September-October 2019, which is the final print issue, of Medical Observer, under the title “A natural fix for knee pain” (PDF). Tam M. A natural fix for knee pain? Medical Observer. 2019 September-October. pp 34-5. It also also published in the AusDoc.Plus online platform under the …

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Duloxetine as treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain

An abridged version of this article was published in the July 2019 issue of Medical Observer. Tam M. Duloxetine as treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain. Medical Observer. 2019 July 12. Online version on AusDoc.Plus platform: “Is an SNRI effective in knee OA?”

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Interview with Medical Observer

I was interviewed today by Emily Dunn, a health journalist from Medical Observer regarding my thoughts on the new interesting study by Kwoh et al. (2014), on the effect of glucosamine on knee osteoarthritis progression, as assessed using MRI, which was just published in the journal, Arthritis and Rheumatology.

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Is glucosamine effective for osteoarthritis pain?

This article was published in Medical Observer. The article is also available on the Medical Observer website (may need registration).

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