Archive for the ‘Arthritis Therapies’ Category

April 8th, 2010  Posted at   Arthritis Therapies
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Conventional Therapies: Many of the therapies for OA and RA have the inflammatory component as their target. Glucocorticoids (steroids) have long been employed to control inflammation. Their use over the long-term is discouraged because of potential severe toxicities to muscle and other organs. However, over the past 20 years, treatment regimens have indicated that the commonly employed steroid prednisone in low doses of 7.5 mg or less may be employed over long periods and are usually well tolerated and safe. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are also commonly used in initial treatment of RA and OA. (more…)

March 25th, 2010  Posted at   Arthritis Therapies
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While arthritis has no cure, there are a variety of treatments based on the particular kind of arthritis. Here, a doctor discusses the arthritis patient’s options.

Recently, my colleagues and I were examining x-rays from patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the femoral joint. These patients were quite young when their OA was first diagnosed. In these OA patients, the disease was clinically significant when they were in their 20s or 30s whereas in the general population OA does not usually present clinically until individuals are in their 40s or 50s. Genetic testing of these individuals indicated that several family members had a similar age onset of OA. (more…)


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