With no cure and a limited number of treatment options, many people living with arthritis turn to natural treatments to help ease their symptoms. One vitamin that has shown some promise as a potential arthritis treatment is vitamin B6 as some studies have linked deficient vitamin B6 levels with a higher degree of joint inflammation and pain in arthritis sufferers.

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Vitamin D, the so called “sunshine vitamin”, which is thought to play a role in coronary heart disease and cancer prevention, may also reduce an individuals risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis according to recent evidence.

The largest study looking at the effect of vitamin D on rheumatoid arthritis was published in January 2004 in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. Researchers in that study analyzed 29,368 women who had participated in the Iowa Womens Health Study. The participants were aged between 55 and 69 and were initially free of rheumatoid arthritis. They were followed over an 11 year study period between 1986 and 1997.

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A new study published in the journal Rheumatology has found that taking 10g of cod liver oil each day may reduce the pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) allowing sufferers to reduce their use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s) by 30 percent or more.

97 patients took part in the nine month study which involved individuals being randomly assigned to a group receiving either a 10g cod liver oil capsule each day or an air filled placebo capsule.

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Glucosamine is an amino-sugar that is a major component of joint cartilage. It is thought that glucosamine can help rebuild cartilage and reduce inflammation, making it an effective treatment for osteoarthritis. While some studies have found glucosamine effective for the treatment of osteoarthritis, other studies have not found a link between glucosamine and osteoarthritis.

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