Treating Joint Pain: The Options

In this absolutely amazing unit for our STEAM class, Cure, we focused on drugs that can help cure or treat illnesses. From looking at medicament boxes and deciphering the intricacies of common drugs, to researching drugs through history. One of my favorite parts if this unit were the many discussions we had about the controversy around drugs; which brought up many ideas and individual perspectives on how drugs should be used. This later brought us to the investigation of certain drugs, which applied to this action project: researching the treatments of a symptom/ailment. For this action project, I wanted to pinpoint some treatments for joint pain. So, I hope you enjoy and end up feeling informed by the end of viewing this project.


To begin, the front cover of the box needs to be attractive to the eye and and get it's point across easily. The orange, blue, and white and font are synonymous with other pain killers.

"Joint Pain"  IF 2018

The first treatment for helping/numbing joint pain is consuming turmeric. Turmeric can help relax muscles which should help put less stress on the joint, causing less pain. This is a home remedy that isn't scientifically proven to help in all cases, but it is definitely worth a try.

Celecoxib is a chemical that needs to be prescribed by a medical professional, and is used to help people with intense pain. This drug helps with numbing pain and is typically used for patients with arthritis.

"Celecoxib" IF 2018

The next medication on the list is Ibuprofen, a drug that helps with pain relief. This can help with headaches and other pains, but in this scenario it's good for joint pain also.

"Ibuprofen" IF 2018

On this side of the medicine box I created a table that would compare all three methods of medicine from costs, accessibility, effectiveness, and the side effects of use. In order to help people with joint pain, I thought it would be important to include other information that would help with obtaining and use of the medicament.

"Compare" IF 2018

This is a citations list of sources that helped me put this action project together.

"Citations list" IF 2018