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Diagnosed With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Knee Joint In Bad Condition. Acton Prolongatum Injection Sounds Apt?

My mother aged 55 is being diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis for last 5 years. Her left knee joint is in pretty bad condition where the doctor have given her medicines like HCQS, Sazo, Osteokit, Alanz and lot more. She is stable but without much improvement. After lot many X-Ray’s the doctor says she won’t recover much for the better as the joints have deteriorated bad and if things get worse have to consider knee replacement . Currently, the doctor have prescribed an injection Acton Prolongatum daily for next 4 weeks after which every alternate days for next 4 weeks and then once a week for the next 4 weeks with a checkup after 1 month. He has also prescribed oral tablets such as Lasilactone, Oncotrex. Also Folvite as she is suffering with low hemoglobin count. Request you to suggest with the treatment and if Acton Prolongatum injection is fine for her without much side effects? Advance thank you for your response. Sourav. Details: 1. Name: Kinnari Pal (Mother) 2. Age: 55 Yrs 3. Address: 24, Ramgarh Road, Dakshineswar, Kolkata -0000 4. Contact number: +91 0000
Mon, 16 Dec 2013
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Prolongatum injection is for muscle building and weakness.Steroid injections may be suggested for injection within knee itself(intra-articular) for symptomatic relief.Oral medicines should continue.Sometimes intra-articular injections provide relief of symptoms but in case, there is advanced destruction already within joint, surgery may be a better option
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Diagnosed With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Knee Joint In Bad Condition. Acton Prolongatum Injection Sounds Apt?

Prolongatum injection is for muscle building and weakness.Steroid injections may be suggested for injection within knee itself(intra-articular) for symptomatic relief.Oral medicines should continue.Sometimes intra-articular injections provide relief of symptoms but in case, there is advanced destruction already within joint, surgery may be a better option