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Suffering With Osteoporosis, Slip Disc, Kidney Stone, Have Severe Joint Pain, Muscle Pain After Taking Cartigen. Should I Continue Taking It?
I have osteoporasis. My Bone Density is (-) 2.6. I have kidney stone also 7mm in size and slip disc. Now, I have started to take Cartigen cap. once at night from two days ago. After taking cartigen, I have been suffering from severe joint pain, mussle pain, slip disc pain. Please suggest me whether should I continue to take cartigen or not. Kakali Roy YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 12 May 2014
Continue the medicine, but I suggest you to take zolendronic acid infusion medicine under medical supervision to tackle your osteoporosis. It will also help to reduce muscle and joint pains
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