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Old 01-29-2011, 12:08 AM
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Originally Posted by PR1234 View Post
The name of the it is Synvisc, supposedly it is from chicken combs! We had heard of several people who had it done and raved about it's effectiveness. Didn't seem to do anything for my hubby though
Google it for more info.
My doctor gave me cortisone shots in both knees in late September and luckily they're still working. I have much less pain. He said if cortisone didn't work we could try Synvisc, but he warned me it was very expensive and highly controversial.
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