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 forms only about 15 percent of the total treatment programme for osteoarthritis.

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.

COX-2 specific inhibitors

This is the new-generation NSAID, and it has fewer side-effects than the traditional NSAIDs.

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)

This article is on the use of sulphasalazine (a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug) in the treatment of rheumatic and arthritic diseases.

Chloroquine (an anti-malarial DMARD)

Chloroquine is used in the treatment of arthritis. It is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug. Here's how it works.

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.

FAQs on NSAIDs

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used for treatment of pain, swelling and inflammation due to injuries or short term treatment of acute gout.