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What Causes Severe Pain In The Knees?
My hUSBAND has severe pain in both knees and has taken several meds with no help---he is 86 yrs., been very active--a farmer, until 3 years ago he took Lovesatin, or such--and it seems to have stripped all of his muscles till he can hardly walk--but lately his knees have gotten so much worse that he can barely walk. Is on a pres, for arthritis---forget how to spell it--Melicontin??
Tue, 6 Jun 2017
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Crestor contains 'rosuvastatin' which belongs to a group of drugs called HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or "statins."
Rosuvastatin reduces levels of "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) and triglycerides in the blood while increasing levels of "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL).
Based on the limited information that you have provided about your husband medical condition, I think that this is advance stage of bot knee arthritis.
Since the medication does not work I think you should start to think and discuss with your orthopedic surgeon about knee replacement surgery. With that surgery, the articular surfaces of tibia and femur and knee cup bone are resurfaced with metal and plastic prosthesis such that it does not rubs bone on bone. Patient does not have pain and starts to walk the next day after the surgery.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Edvin Selmani
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Crestor contains 'rosuvastatin' which belongs to a group of drugs called HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or "statins."
Rosuvastatin reduces levels of "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein, or LDL) and triglycerides in the blood while increasing levels of "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL).
Based on the limited information that you have provided about your husband medical condition, I think that this is advance stage of bot knee arthritis.
Since the medication does not work I think you should start to think and discuss with your orthopedic surgeon about knee replacement surgery. With that surgery, the articular surfaces of tibia and femur and knee cup bone are resurfaced with metal and plastic prosthesis such that it does not rubs bone on bone. Patient does not have pain and starts to walk the next day after the surgery.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Edvin Selmani
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