NATURAL VITAMIN E IN CONTROLLING SYMPTOMS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

欧洲的研究表明，在治疗关节炎的疼痛和僵硬方面，高剂量的维生素E可以与非类固醇抗炎药(NSAID)如阿司匹林、奈普生或Voltaren一样有效。然而，维生素E比非类固醇抗炎药安全得多，因此它可能是治疗关节炎的一种更好的替代品。这是一项关于补充维生素E治疗类风湿关节炎的有效性和安全性的研究。由于美国大多数患者至少接受一种甚至多达四种药物的治疗，在没有其他药物的情况下研究维生素E疗法是不现实的。此外，维生素E不太可能作为许多类风湿性关节炎患者的唯一药物治疗，即使它有明显的好处。因此，最重要的临床试验应该被设计来检验维生素E作为非类固醇抗炎药在典型的多模式类风湿关节炎治疗中的潜在用途。

Studies in Europe have suggested that vitamin E in high doses can be as effective as nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, Naprosyn, or Voltaren in treating the pain and stiffness of arthritis. However, vitamin E is much safer than NSAIDs, so it could be a better alteranative for the treatment of arthritis. This is a study of the efficacy and safety of supplemental vitamin E therapy in patients with RA . Since most patients in the US are treated with at least one and as many as four medications, it is not realistic to study vitamin E therapy in the absence of other medications. Moreover, it is not likely that vitamin E would be used as sole drug treatment in many RA patients even with its demonstrated benefit. Thus the most important clinical trial should be designed to examine the potential use of vitamin E as an alternative/adjunct to NSAID in the typical multi-modality treatment of RA.