There is no single treatment that applies to everyone who suffers from arthritis. With your personal input, a medical specialist will develop a management and treatment plan designed to minimize your specific pain and improve function of your joints. A number of treatments can provide short-term relief. They include: medications such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, use of hot and cold packs, using a splint or a brace to protect painful joints, or perhaps using muscle-relaxing massages.

In long-term, pain relief may be found with: new drugs, called biological response modifiers, which reduce inflammation in joints; corticosteroids such as Prednisone; weight reduction; dietary changes; exercise (swimming, walking and low-impact aerobic exercise); and even surgery to replace a joint that has badly deteriorated. In some instances, nutritional supplements may be helpful.

The long-term goal of pain management is to help you cope with this chronic, often disabling disease. You may be caught in a cycle of pain, depression, and stress. To break this cycle, you need to be an active participant in managing your pain. The role you play in planning your treatment is very important. You and your health care providers must work together closely to develop a personalized and effective treatment program. Research has shown that patients who are well informed and participate actively in their own care, experience less pain, make fewer visits to doctor and lead a much more enjoyable life.

If you cannot do this, than spray each of your chosen fragrances onto different cards. Doing things this way will have you sniffing multiple scents in a short timeframe. Doing this will blur smell after third or fourth card so it is recommended that bring a cup of coffee with you and sniff coffee after each whiff of cologne. For some reason, coffee is said to refresh a person’s sense of smell.

With this method you will only get to smell top notes of any fragrance, so you will have to pick a perfume based only on this.

By taking time to test out a few different perfumes, and not going off of someone else’s opinion, you will have much better luck in finding best cologne for you.