RSD causes arthritis.

My doctor told me I was "remarkably arthritis free" when I first got RSD and especially so for someone of my age who did so much physical work. I started getting just little bouts of arthritis three years later. Now I get huge flairs where walking is very problematical but it usually doesn't last long.

I've found that cod liver oil seems to work wonders. I take it in the evening a couple hours after my last meal whenever the arthritis flares. For the first few months I needed it nearly every day but now it's just once or twice a week. If you rinse your mouth out with salt first and chase this FOOD with water it's really not so bad. I've come to almost like it.

The drugs for arthritis have provided very limited relief so I'm still looking for one that works. These drugs are pain killers since there's nothing that can be done now for the disease itself. I find the arthritis far less limiting than the RSD so far almost all the time.