Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder whose main manifestation is pain. RA is not fatal. However, it can mark an ending to a mobile life, and start an entrapment in a body whose joints have become stiff and crippled. It affects 1 individual in every 100. While not as widespread as osteoarthritis, RA can become severe more rapidly. Most people who are going to have RA are between the ages of 20 and 40. But it can begin at any age.
Recent medical research has associated the onset of RA with a genetic disposition. It is also considered an autoimmune disease. This means that an initial infection triggers an immune reaction that attacks our own natural cells and tissues as well as the invader. This onset can be rapid and acute in some cases, in others slow and insidious.
Current medical opinion considers it is the Epstein Barr virus which triggers an autoimmune reaction with type 2 collagen. This is the collagen found in joints. Despite this specific target RA can create pain, inflammation and tissue destruction in skin, blood vessels, the heart, lungs and muscles. This makes it a very dangerous disease as well as painful and crippling.
It is clear that the destruction of the joints, cartilage, and bone is an inflammatory event. The immune system unleashes waves of inflammatory cell mediators called cytokines, as well as a host of other triggers and cell compounds to attack and overcome invaders. The immune cascade in RA attacks the joints and tissues and generates massive destruction from free radicals.
While research into the exact onset and causes of RA continues, the inflammation can be contained and the destruction and pain minimized.
Painkillers alone cannot do this. Pharmaceutical anti-inflammatories have notorious side effects and do not contribute to healing. The current resources of the medical pharmacy offer short term relief and long term prospect is daunting for those suffering from the disease. Side effects and the limits of the drugs themselves offer containment at best.
A new approach to treatment is needed. One that improves on pain management, controls inflammation at the immune system level, introduces effective antioxidant compounds and above all promotes the body’s own natural healing and repair. This improvement would also be applied topically rather than swallowed. By this method all the effect would be directed to the site of the pain, inflammation, oxidation and destruction without side effects.
This new approach is the TPR 20.
TPR 20’s lidocaine and menthol combine to produce rapid, completely safe, pain relief: the primary goal. The anti-inflammatory herbs inhibit the destructive cytokines, other natural compounds and vitamins in the formulation begin the process of restoring normal, pain free function in the joints. The topical application of TPR 20 is significant: straight to the problem area with no side effects. It is the ideal long-term aid for RA as it helps the joints to heal after the symptoms are controlled.
The method of application is simple. A dime-sized amount is applied to the area of pain and massaged in. We recommend that two minutes after the initial application this is repeated. The repeat applications are meant to break the cycle of pain. From there on the individual’s pain levels are the guide as to reapplication. There are no side effects.
In the first days of TPR 20 use, some individuals will use it 8-10 times per day. The frequency of application reduces over time to a maintenance of 2-3 applications.
So simple, and according to users so effective.
- Rowan Hamilton.
