Work to date has been done by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Stanford University, the University of North Carolina and Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany.
Lisa Rapaport |
Work to date has been done by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, Stanford University, the University of North Carolina and Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany.
In 1949, the first description of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) given cortisone sent shockwaves through the medical community, quickly capturing the public imagination as well. The paradigm-shifting report paved the way for the use of cortisone and related drugs in RA and many other medical conditions.1 The following is a discussion of some of…
A study from Haibel et al. in patients with chronic knee arthritis found intra-articular morphine did not lead to a significant, short-term reduction in pain compared with placebo and proved inferior to treatment with intra-articular triamcinolone.
Narcotic and non-narcotic pain regimens can be used
EULAR has updated its recommendations for the management of early arthritis, outlining aspects of diagnosis and drug treatments…