Currently, these drugs are only approved for treatment of mild to moderate knee arthritis.
The others will have arthritis, sometimes mild and sometimes quite severe, but increasingly treatable.
Mr. Lieberman has mild arthritis in his neck.
Ms. Goodman had mild arthritis when she started the job.
Paracetamol can relieve pain in mild arthritis but has no effect on the underlying inflammation, redness, and swelling of the joint.
It is usually done for younger, active people with mild arthritis who want to delay knee replacement.
But when it comes to mild arthritis, the study found the supplements had no effect.
The report cited a mild arthritis of the hips, for which he occasionally takes an anti-inflammatory drug, and an allergy to bee stings.
In most cases, it's done in active people younger than 60 who have mild arthritis and want to delay surgery to replace their hip or knee.
Meniscal transplantation was previously indicated for patients with mild arthritis who are younger than 50 years of age.