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Antibiotic Treatment - Using Antibiotics To Treat Arthritis

Information on using antibiotics to treat arthritis. Research has pointed to a possible benefit of antibiotics for the treatment of some types of arthritis. The use of antibiotics such as Minocin, generic name minocycline, appears to suppress enzymes involved in the inflammatory process.
Antibiotic Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis
More than forty years of research has suggested that mycoplasma is the cause and tetracycline is the cure for rheumatoid arthritis, but this theory is still challenged.
Doxycycline May Slow Progression Of Osteoarthritis
Doxycycline may prevent progression of osteoarthritis. More studies are needed.
Does Minocycline Function As An Antibiotic If Used To Treat Arthritis?
Some people have had good results while taking minocycline for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Book Review: The New Arthritis Breakthrough
Focuses on antibiotic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases.
Arthritis Drugs: What Are My Options?
Medications have long been considered "traditional" treatment. Since individual response to a specific medication can vary and because possible side effects are also a factor, finding the most effective medication or combination of medications can be a more difficult process than one would expect.
The Road Back Foundation (RBF)
The Road Back Foundation (RBF), founded by patient-volunteers in 1993, is a non profit organization dedicated to support, research and education regarding the treatment and causes of arthritis and and related diseases. A particular focus of the Foundation is treatment and research using safe, low-cost, low-dose antimicrobial therapy proven effective in NIH-sponsored clinical trials.
A Legacy Of Health: The Life And Work Of Thomas McPherson Brown M.D
Treatment of inflammatory rheumatic disease with low dose antibiotic therapy, from rheumatic.org
Tetracyclines And Antibiotics
The theory and hypothesis behind tetracycline used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, from drdoc.
Protocol For Using Antibiotics in Rheumatic Disease
A modified version of Dr. Brown's protocol, from Dr. Joseph Mercola.
New Treatments for Autoimmune Diseases
Studies demonstrate a possible link between mycoplasmal infections and rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases, from IMM.

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