Arthrosamid

Kegs

Hi,

I'm considering having arthrosamid in my knee. Has anyone ever had this and just wondered what is your experience of it. Its quite costly around £2150 + so I would be really interested to know if its worth the money.

noddingtonpete

Hello @Kegs and welcome to the Community. We are a friendly and supportive group and I hope that will be your experience as well.

I would suggest having a read through others experiences as well as any comments taht you get on your post. For example

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/61473/arthosamid-injections-for-knee-osteoarthritis

It is a lot of money so you are quite right in getting others experiences. I hope that you get the information you need to make a decision. Please let us know how you get on.

Best wishes

Peter

Emess

I was in line for a knee replacement, having constant pain and limited mobility. The surgeon at Spire suggested Arthrosamid as although I was 77 I had previously been very active and he thought I might be a good candidate. I decided to go ahead as my quality of life was impaired and I decided it was just the cost of a holiday - and holidays were off the cards as I was I so much pain. I had the injections in August 2024. Three weeks later, there was no change and then it was as if a miracle had happened! No pain, total mobility and I couldn’t have been happier. This continued right up until three weeks ago when, on a hike and walking down hill I experienced a sudden excruciating pain in my knee and all down the inside of the leg and I couldn’t walk. The leg pain has subsided but I’m now back to the original pain in the knee, albeit worse than it ever was. I can only assume the Arthrosamid has failed as there is no sign of improvement. I am surprised that it was a sudden onset - there had been no twinges or signs of knee problems returning before. I’m now back to waiting for a knee replacement. I try to look at this positively - I had ten months being completely pain free, but overall, I wish I hadn’t gone down this route. I wouldn’t feel so negative if this had been available on the NHS, but I do wonder how much the Arthrosamid masked the pain and whether it led to even more damage to the knee. I also wonder how many patients are advised not to have the treatment. I was disappointed that there was no follow up at all from Spire and when I contacted them re the recent problems I was told I would have to pay for another consultation!

annabanana

Hi @Emess and welcome to the online community! I’m glad to see that you’ve found a post relating to Arthrosamid, that’s great, hopefully you’ve been able to read through some other’s experiences. I’m sorry to hear that you haven’t found it to be effective and are having these issues with your, I hope things improve for you and please be sure to keep us updated on your progress.