interesting.

i never drank much, a glass of wine with dinner when we'd go out.

but then stopped completely when my gastritis hit on the directions of my GI doc.

then 5 years later the musculoskeletal stuff hit. even though my stomach was getting better so i could maybe try out the alcohol again, i ended up over the years on so many different drugs (many processed by the liver) that the doctors and i thought it probably a good thing that i didn't drink alcohol.

now it looks like this abstinence from alcohol may have been a bad thing. i didn't develop the arthritis until 5 years after giving up drinking completely. coincidence?

anyway, thanks for the information and something to think about.


sue

Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)