New Answer To Knee Pain

trends New Answer To Knee Pain From Osteoarthritis (NAPSA)—Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA)? You may be glad to hear that there is a new treatment available for the pain caused by knee osteoarthritis. A new medication may help many Americans walk away from knee pain with less worry. Euflexxa” (highly purified hyaluronan)is the first treatment of its kind that is not derived from a bird source and is free of avian proteins. This comes as good news to many OA sufferers concerned about possible reactions to treatments derived from chicken or rooster combs. Euflexxa™ can be prescribed in cases of mild to severe knee osteoarthritis when the use of conservative non-pharmacologic therapy and simple analgesics has failed. The treatment consists of an injection into the knee, administered in a physician’soffice, at weekly intervals for three weeks. For more information about this treatment option, visit www.EUFLEXXA.com.