arthritis and penicillin - Arthritis Message Board

dlt58 · 03-12-2009, 09:24 AM

Can Penicillin VK (500mg) treat arthritis pain? Before you say, "no,"
please read further:

I had a back molar crack/fracture. This tooth had a previous root canal so, while there was little pain directly from the tooth, an apparent infection set up. The dentist prescribed Penn VK (500mg) to treat it for five days prior to pulling it and another course of five days after the extraction. By the third day of the first course of Penn VK, my
previous rather painful arthritis (diagnosed as "osteoarthritis") in hands, neck, lower back, and hip all but disappeared. Even the redness in my swollen knuckles was reduced. By the fifth day, I totally stopped all NSAIDS and required no Trammadol even though I stepped up my daily walking regimen. However, within a few days of finishing the second course of Penn VK, the pain in all the areas came roaring back. It is now worse than it has ever been. Was the respite from arthritis pain during the Penn VK treatment a coincidence or did it actually treat the cause of the arthritis pain?

pfm · 12-09-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dlt58

Can Penicillin VK (500mg) treat arthritis pain? Before you say, "no,"
please read further:

I had a back molar crack/fracture. This tooth had a previous root canal so, while there was little pain directly from the tooth, an apparent infection set up. The dentist prescribed Penn VK (500mg) to treat it for five days prior to pulling it and another course of five days after the extraction. By the third day of the first course of Penn VK, my
previous rather painful arthritis (diagnosed as "osteoarthritis") in hands, neck, lower back, and hip all but disappeared. Even the redness in my swollen knuckles was reduced. By the fifth day, I totally stopped all NSAIDS and required no Trammadol even though I stepped up my daily walking regimen. However, within a few days of finishing the second course of Penn VK, the pain in all the areas came roaring back. It is now worse than it has ever been. Was the respite from arthritis pain during the Penn VK treatment a coincidence or did it actually treat the cause of the arthritis pain?

I just came across your post and found it interesting because my daughter has Lyme disease which causes arthritis and numerous other symptoms. It is treated with antibiotics. Have you ever been tested for Lyme disease? Even if you do not remember being bit by a tick or had a rash, you still could have been. Most people don't know they were bit. In fact my daughter didn't know and went undiagnosed for a very long time. I would check it out because if it is Lyme, you probably need to be on antibiotics and on them for quite a while. If so, I would check into a doctor who follows the ILDSA guidelines and not the IDSA guidleines. There is a huge controversy in treatment and the Infectious Disease Society and CDC believe in short courses of treatment and don't believe in chronic lyme disease. A good website should you want to look into this is CALDA out of California and the Lyme Disease of America or it may be American Lyme Disease Assoc. Good luck.