How treat osteoarthritis while on MAC antibiotics

For headaches and joint pain I had due to the big 3 sides effects I used a cooling gel wrap for headaches, a heating pad and compression socks and gloves for short term relief as I tried to avoid adding other meds to the routine. It’s a temporary fix but I found I got some relief this way.

All good ideas - thank you! Are you saying there are compression gloves or did you just wear regular ones to trap heat to soothe?

@pgpunch I have extensive arthritis, but many days my hands hurt the worst. When I was on the antibiotics and limiting use of ibuprofen and tylenol, I used a hot paraffin bath to soothe my hands, ice packs or heating pads for other joints. And topical Voltaren gel (it is an NSAID) on the sorest joints - yes, some is absorbed and must be metabolized, but far less than if you take oral meds.

Being at the beginning of this journey to fight MAC, all these restrictions are overwhelming on top of all the side effects from the antibiotics. Thank you for the suggestions - I was hoping topical NSAID might be an "allowed" solution!

@pgpunch I found some compression gloves on Amazon which were listed as being for arthritis. They have both full gloves and fingerless. At times I would turn them inside out if the seams were bothering me. I’ve also ordered a heated mitten hand warmer while my husband prefers the freezer ones for stiff fingers and hands. I tried various options to find what works best!

@rmoore901 Heading to Amazon right now - thank you!