when i hear drugs to mask the pain my sniffer goes off with alarm bells. drugs are acid the problem is acid. modern medicine hasn't got a clue but nature and the human body can cure this disease and many times repair the damage done by the disease. correct the acids and correct the disease. i would expect to hear a statement like yours on an Arthritis message board where people actually think medicine is working on a cure. all cases of all Arthritis are 100% curable, just as many cases of type 2 diabetes and some cancers.