Easing pain in the joints
TWENTY years ago, my mother started suffering from osteoporosis and pain in both knees. I was still studying at the time, and as she didn’t have insurance, my mother began taking medication to relieve the pain. Standing for even 10 minutes was a trying task for her as her knees would get swollen and red and felt warm to the touch.
The painkillers worked for the first two years, or at least helped her go about her daily routine. Even when she took up to 12 pills a day (including calcium and magnesium, painkillers and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS), she still experienced slight pain, though she said it was quite bearable.
However, towards the end of the two years, an orthopaedician recommended that she switch medications because her blood tests showed inflammation in her kidneys and liver. The new medication was an NSAID, which I found was banned in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Just like that, we were back at square one. We were keen on having my mother try alternative medicine instead to see how that worked out. For a while, she was able to go about her daily chores and we thought we had found a solution, and again, she still felt pain, though it was bearable. Occasionally, she would need to take painkillers, sometimes up to eight pills a day.
Unfortunately, after a while, the pain returned and she experienced severe pain in her knees even when she only did some light walking, and eventually she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis. She then decided to take charge of her health and started swimming, exercising on her stationary bike, stretching and undergoing physiotherapy.
The new path worked well for her, but she still found it difficult to go up and down stairs and her knees were becoming inflexible. Walking for more than 20 minutes caused her pain.
On a trip overseas, my friends told me about a substance used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis called undenatured type II collagen. At that point, it was in the human clinical trial stage and not yet available commercially, except from a few orthopaedicians.
Flaxical contains undenatured type II collagen derived from chicken sternum, as well as calcium and magnesium derived from seaweed in Ireland and ginger extract to treat pain and inflammation.
Flaxical 3 in 1 is available at selected pharmacies and retails at RM148 per pack (RM108 per pack when other opened or unopened joint supplement bottles are presented during purchase).
For more information, call 03-7772 7133 or 012-238 0133 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm).