Nirvana Super Pro Supplementation in Orthopedic Surgery Patients
The purpose of this study is to investigate orthopedic patients undergoing either a total hip replacement (THR) or total knee arthroplasty (TKR) using two dietary supplements, PREPARE and RECOVER, and their recovery times post-surgery.
• Male and female subjects will be enrolled into the study.
• Age ≥45-80 years.
• Free of liver and kidney diseases, and with no evidence of uncontrolled hypertension.
• Does not have a chronic disease that affects calcium or bone metabolism (i.e., asthma with chronic use of high dose steroids, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, primary hyperparathyroidism, seizure disorder with use of phenobarbital, etc.).
• Not classified as morbidly obese (body mass index (BMI) \>43 kg/m2).
• Six weeks since major surgery (three weeks since minor surgery).
• Total joint replacement is not a revision of previous joint replacement.
• Willing to consume dietary supplements for the study period.
• Individuals diagnosed with osteoporosis, or a bone density \>2.0 standard deviations below the mean, will not be enrolled in the study.
• No other serious medical illness.
• Physicians have placed no restriction on physical exercise.
• Patient is scheduled for a total knee or hip replacement and agrees to consume the 28-day pre-operative regime.