Originally Posted by DocRay
Keep checking with your doctor, there are some amazing new drugs that absolutely stop rheumatoid arthritis in most patients that have just cleared FDA. They are effective for later stage osteoarthritis as well.
That would be incorrect. TNF-a is implicated in RA and not with OA. These amazing drugs such as Humira, Enbrel, and Remicade(my company's drug) are not approved for OA and the mechanism of action is specific to RA as well as Crohn's disease and some other diseases, but not OA.
The are very few options for OA. You can look into Orthovisc(my company's drug) which is a substance that is injected directly into the intra-articular space of the knee and provides cushioning. I don't think anyone else has a similar drug, but you can just ask your doctor.