Abstract
with the use of complementary and alternative medicine have attracted the interest of health care organizations, policy makers, providers, and consumers. Complementary and alternative medicine is usually defined as medical interventions that are neither taught widely in US medical schools nor generally available in US hospitals and includes modalities such as herbal medicine, spiritual healing, and aromatherapy. It is important to remember, however, that with data from efficacy studies complementary and alternative medicine treatments have the potential to become part of mainstream medicine. For example, digitalis and colchicine were once considered “alternative” but are now prescribed by mainstream practitioners. In this commentary, I will briefly review the epidemiology of complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with rheumatologic conditions and highlight recent data on selected complementary and alternative medicine treatments for arthritis.
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