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Osteoarthritis 4 review(s) 284 medications
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Anonymous user said:
User Rating:  
8.0
I had my third injection 30 days ago. I find the improvement to my knee to be ongoing. Kind of a two steps forward one step back situation. I can now go up stairs almost normally. I no longer limp as I walk and the knee is relatively pain free. I have hopes that I will be able to play raquet ball again sometime in the future.

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July 26, 2009 10:15 PM
rutsy (unregistered) said:
User Rating:  
3.0
I did the three injections and got less relief than the cortisone injections I had. Plus the shots are expensive even with insurance.

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July 3, 2009 4:46 PM
Anonymous user said:
User Rating:  
9.0
Synvisc gave me significant, almost immediate relief from the bone-on-bone pain in my knees. Since then, as I continue to learn about my knee problems, I now understand that some of the pain is in the tendons around my knees, which are inflamed due to severe bow-legs. Still don't understand why the bowing is increasing with my age, but this forces my tendons to stretch in an incorrect manner, more on the inside of each leg than on the outside. Unfortunately Synvisc cannot address this problem, although it does provide a nice separation between the joint surfaces which also suffer from excess pressure on the inside portion of each knee. I am currently looking into shoe wedges to improve leg straightness by preventing excess supination.

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May 24, 2009 3:12 PM
NeilBelek (unregistered) said:
User Rating:  
8.0
I have used Synvisc it for 7 years (getting injections every 6 months) and my doctor said I could be the poster child for the treatment. It held off my knee replacement by at least 5 years. I'd recommend it to anyone

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October 17, 2008 9:25 AM

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