I've got a neighbor that has a daughter that has rheumatoid arthritis really bad. She has taken everything and the best thing so far is ivermectin. I take it for trigger finger and it works awesome. It also works great for gout.

All that fence fixing and associated wire bending has really aggravated the arthritis in my left hand. Was hurting pretty bad about an hour ago. I remembered that Voltaren and put some on the offending knuckle and the pain has ebbed away. It must work. Can’t be a coinkydink.

I've got a neighbor that has a daughter that has rheumatoid arthritis really bad. She has taken everything and the best thing so far is ivermectin. I take it for trigger finger and it works awesome. It also works great for gout.

My wife has arthritis in her hand and when we were taking Ivermectin (the kind from the feed store) for Covid, the pain went away. We took it once a week for about 12 months and the pain came back when we quit.

My wife went and took some ivermectin immediately after I read this to her. As for the Voltaren, the neighbor with the really bad knee, which he said hurts badly 24/7, rubbed some on his knee and shortly after that said his knee didn’t hurt. Could have been the whisky though, since by then I wasn’t feeling any pain either.

Have you tried DMSO?

I've had it for a few years now. Started in my left hand and has now moved to my right hand. Mainly effects my thumb joints and my wrist. My wrist like to swell. Seems worse in hot weather. Cold or cool water feels good on them. Too much work with my hands out here. No way around it, though. I don't take pain meds. Just put up with it.

Grit, I understand about not taking pain meds. I put up with this crap for a long time due to the fact that I don’t do dope of any mind. As a child of the 60’s, I watched everyone else smoke weed, take pills etc to get high. My brother and sister smoked that stuff until their deaths from cancer. I don’t think there was any correlation from the MJ to the cancer. Gotta admit, I kept the breweries working overtime. But, I saw a lot of friends gravitate from drugs of one kind to something stronger while searching for a high. That wasn’t for me. I just kept saying give me another beer.

Another Doc has said that it could be post polio syndrome. I had a fairly mild case of that when I was about 9 years old. It left me with a weak back and drew up my hamstrings so that I had to stretch them out so I could re learn to walk. I still walk up to a wall every morning to stretch my hamstrings. PITA but I’m one of the lucky and few survivors. I’m now 80 and have to walk at least a mile per day. (Most days).

My Doc has said 2 extra strength Tylenols 3 times per day. That sounds like a lot to me of anything but I’m not a doctor. I’m alternating between Tylenol and aspirin. But, on days that I have nothing to do, I just sit in the recliner with a book or TV. No pain while sitting on my dead [censored].

I'll try to post some tomorrow. Losing post here lately. Timing out.

Have you been tested for Carpal Tunnel? I had trigger finger in my middle finger of my left hand. Got a steroid shot and was good for about 6mo until it came back, also started getting numbness in that hand. Got the nerve test and was diagnosed with CT. Had surgery last month and all is well now.

Hey, Jimbo. Yes, I've had carpal tunnel for years. I got surgery on my left hand, but never had it done on my right. The arthritis is worse in my left hand though so go figure. I used to have the numbness, but no more. Happy to hear your surgery went well. Best.

getting tested tomorrow for CT in my left hand