Hi XXXXXXX

Thanks for posting your query.

I can appreciate your concern for her.

Looking to her age and complain it seems that she is having osteoarthritis of knee. Again high uric acid can add to the problem.

This can happen due to age in most of the patients.

Please do the following which should help her.

1. Please get a X XXXXXXX done, if not done already.
2. Please make sure her uric acid remains under control with drugs.
3. After the report of x XXXXXXX please see your family physician who will advise exercise and medicines as per need.
4. Ask her to remain active and avoid activities that put stress on the joint like prolonged standing, squatting etc.
5. She can apply local analgesic cream over the area and take analgesic like paracetamol three times in a day for pain relief.
6. Do not give any analgesic on your own as she is hypertensive and analgesics needs to be taken with caution.
7. Please do not give lubrijoint unless advise by your doctor. In most of the cases the cost benefit ratio in most of the patients is questionable.Their efficacy is debatable.
8.You need to give her diet which gives good amount of calcium like milk and milk products etc.Calcium supplementation in form of tablet is also required at her age.

I hope this helps.

Please write again if you have something more to ask.

In case you do not have further query, please accept the answer.

Regards,

Dr.Pragnesh

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Hi,

Good to hear from you again.

Please understand that Lubrijoint capsule is not harmful to health.

But it lacks concrete scientific evidence that is will do anything good. Most of the doctors are still divided over this and most of them are not prescribing it for this reason only.

They come at a cost and benefits are not certain, that is the reason why I mentioned like that in my reply.

I hope this clarifies your doubts.

Regards,

Dr.Pragnesh

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