Evening star., 1958-09-24
DR.. sTEINcRoHN
Arthritis
Sufferers
Remedy
Nv
PETER J. sTETNCROHN. MD.


PETER J. STEINCROHN. MD
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
This is regarding your COL
umn in an answer to one Of
your readers about the value
Of asperin in arthritis. You
said that in some instances as
pirin helps better than any
other drugs; while in some
persons 1t has no value.
I am a man So years Of
age and have had arthritis
with swollen Joints in hands.
back Of neck and left knee.
I took aspirin to relieve the
pain with no results I hap
pened to eat shrimps and
the pains left me for one
week. When it returned I
tried shrimp again and the
same wonderful thing hap
pened.
Then / thought Of the
iodine in shrimps and went
to my doctor and asked him
If iodine medicine might not
even be better. He's a broad
minded fellow (like you seem
to bel and said: We've tried
everything else without much
luck. Why not? Here's a pre-
scription for iodine tablets
that won't upset your sys-
tenn"
I have been taking a tablet
or two a day for the last six
months and haven't had a
"speck of pain" I'm so re-
lieved. I'm sending you this
letter, praying every night
that you'll choose it as one
you'll publish. It's worth it
even If it helps only one Of
your family of readers. Yours
truly. Mr.. j. H.
WILL DO! Or shall / say,
have donel Here is your let
ter for both arthritics and
their doctors to see. They
must take the ball from there.
But it is a slippery ball. In
other words, I don't want
readers to believe that you
have stumbled upon "the
great discovery" in the man
agement of arthritis.
I don't hold out too much
promise. But I agree with
you and your doctor that
iodine is worth a try. I re-
call m any cases over the
years in whom iodine brought
relief where other remedies
failed. However, I always
cautioned patients not to ex-
pect excellent results over
night (as you fortunately
experienced. Usually, iodine
isn't a dramatic drug. 1t
takes its own good time.
4 4 +
DEAR DR.. STEINCROHN:
This is my third letter to you.
I know you are busy but /
hope you can get around to
answering 1t in your column.
/ am most concerned about
my low blood pressure. Some
times it gets as low as 102
and los.
I am 80 years old. I suffer
from dizziness but am other
wise symphonies and
healthy. My doctor says it is
not due to the pressure but
to nervousness. / insist on
going to him once q week for
pressure readings. He tells
me / am wasting my money
and his time. That once every
six months would be more
sensible. I have suffered for
eight years now. Please let
me have your opinion soon.
Mrs. M. w.
HOLD ON TO THAT con-
scientious and sensible doctor
Of yours. Why not make a
bargain with him. Ask him if
he will settle on seeing you
every three months instead of
every six. ! think he will.
One visit every three
months. is better than seeing
him unnecessarily twelve
times during that period.
Keep remembering that the
type of "low blood pressure"
that you have never hurt
anyone. Be thankful for it.
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
A few years ago a doctor
prescribed the use of thiamin
hydrochloride for me to con-
troll Of a case of neuritis. Since
then I have had my gall
bladder out. Please tell me
this. Can I still take it orally
without i'll effects? Will it have
a bad effect upon by peptic
ulcer? Mr.. j. H.
DO YOU STILL have a
need for the thiamin? If so,
! see no harm in taking it.
Why not put in a call to the
doctor who prescribed 1t
originally?
There is no question that
yitamins have been one of
the great discoveries that
help fill our modern medical
kits. Nevertheless, like many
another medicine, they are
often taken needlessly by
thousands of persons.
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