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Joint pain/Arthritis - Arthritis drug guide
Your arthritis drug guide
Ever wondered why certain drugs help to relieve your pain? And what about arthritis drugs developed in the last few years? Could you benefit from them?
Treatment of RA
There is no cure, but treatment can help to relieve symptoms and slow progression of the disease.
Osteoarthritis: The treatment
Medication form only about 15 percent of the total treatment programme.
Arthritis and pain
Many people can deal with all the symptoms of arthritis except the pain it causes. It’s something that’s difficult for anyone who doesn’t have arthritis, to understand.
Painkillers (Paracetamol)
All about the use of paracetamol in the treatment of arthritis.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
All you want to know about the use of NSAID's in the treatment of arthritis.
COX-2 specific inhibitors
The new generation NSAID.
Different Steroids
Steroids can be given in many ways
Cortisone
Systemic cortisone therapy = corticosteroid taken orally or injections into the muscle or bloodstream.
Cortisone injections
What do you know about injections directly into a joint, also known as intra-articular steroids or local cortisone injection?
Methotrexate (a DMARD)
One of the remission-inducing agents used in the treatment of rheumatic disease.
Sulphasalizine (a DMARD)
The use of sulphasalazine in the treatment of rheumatic and arthritic diseases
Chloroquine (an anti-malarial DMARD)
The use of chloroquine in the treatment of arthritis
Suitable corticosteroid injections
Suitable corticosteroids for intra-articular injections in joint disease
Biologics - a revolutionary drug
A class of drugs, known as biologics, offers hope to arthritis sufferers - but the cost is fairly prohibitive.
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