Agreed and do not forget that food itself can heal. Sense this is an inflammatory issue, it would be a good idea to see if that is possibly contributing to the issue. Simple carbohydrates, starchy and sugary food sources can be a serious cause for any type of inflammatory conditions. There are food sources that are helpful to be anti-inflammatory such as leafy greens, especially powerful in juice form, the good fats, ginger. Basically, a more plant-based diet helps in these areas and in many, many others. Lots and lots of water.
I have taken thousands of milligrams of C, it is safe to do when particularly sick. I have done this more times then i can count so no harm. You just extract some of it out.
B's are great but make sure they are not junk sources and from plant/food sourced.
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/ These folks are great.
Make sure to avoid opiate based pain killers as much as possible. In the US, it seems there is an addiction to pain killers with a negligence to eliminate the real cause of what causes inflammation. Pain killers only mask the pain in the end.