Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
This can help you manage pain, stress, and discomfort of chronic condition. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatment may help relieve pain and insomnia among patients with knee arthritis.
Some people use colchicine for OA, but physicians do not recommend this either, as it has not shown benefits in any scientific studies. Moreover, colchicine may have severe side effects like vomiting and diarrhea.
The ACR/AF advise arthritic patients to avoid medications like glucosamine, hydroxychloroquine, chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronic acid injections, and Botox injections as there is not enough evidence to prove they are effective and safe.