Arthritis

Treatments Can Improve Troublesome Aches

Published in Drug Week, March 23rd, 2007

For many older adults, aching muscles and joints are common. Muscles weaken with age and become less flexible -- which can cause stiffness or soreness.

But in some cases, aches are a symptom of a disease or side effect from medication. Adults should check with a doctor when body aches have lasted more than a month; when aching is intense or interferes with normal activities; when morning stiffness lasts more than an hour; or when aching has come on suddenly with no obvious cause.

The March issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers possible causes and treatments for body aches.

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