I was searching for possible celebrity advocates for RA and found this:
http://arthritis.about.com/od/msm/a/jamescoburnmsm.htm
Now this may be old news to people here on this board but I had never heard of MSM before.
I'm not a big believer in holistic medicine (I think a lot of it can be quite bad for you) but, has anyone tried this??
Yes I have. MSM is a natural anti-inflammatory. It is in the aspirin family, and does have some benefit. You will find it as an added component of some of your glucosamine/chrondroitin combos. I couldn't really tell it made a difference for me in the combo meds effectiveness. But everyone's body is different, and I think trying things like this is always worth a shot.
I have not tried taking just MSM alone in larger quantities. That is something you should definitely get approval for by a physician, since it is in the aspirin family and could possibly cause side effects or drug interactions.