Oral administration is more convenient and less painful than injected treatment, and does not require a doctor to administer it. According to Dr. Prudden, for ongoing relief, a reduction of the therapeutic dose of 9 grams per day may be possible depending upon the patient's symptoms. A long term, double-blind study conducted in 1987 at Charles University in Prague, Czechoslovakia, confirmed Dr Prudence's earlier results. In the 194 participating patients with osteoarthritis, pain scores dropped an average of 50 percent. Rheumatoid arthritis has traditionally been seen as a disease that leads inexorably to the degeneration of joints, finally incapacitating the sufferer.
Standard treatments provide only short term relief.
However, Dr. Prudden has had strikingly, positive results using bovine cartilage in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. In patients suffering from chronic rheumatoid arthritis of the knees, wrists, elbows, hips, hands, and fingers, who had symptoms including swollen and immobile joints, and severe pain and stiffness, Dr. Prudden administered a daily dose of 50cc of subcutaneously injected of bovine cartilage extract. It is encouraging affirmation of these properties that out of the nine patients studied, three experienced excellent results and six had good results - 100 percent success rate using bovine cartilage as the sole therapy. Dr. Prudden has also achieved positive results with the oral administration of bovine cartilage in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Given this rich base of scientific evidence, renewed attention is being directed to Dr. Prudden's work.