Arthritis drug
There is no one arthritis drug that will work for everyone. An ideal arthritis drug must perform several functions. It must help relieve pain; it must help slow down the progression of disease; it must help restore normal activity to a patient; and it must heal the damage that has already occurred. That drug does not exist. There are, however, several arthritis drugs that can relieve pain, help with activities of daily living, and slow down disease progression. Ironically, there are better drugs available for previously horrific diseases like rheumatoid arthritis than there are for more common mundane disease like osteoarthritis. With rheumatoid arthritis, a combination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, low dose corticosteroids, and disease modifying medications can induce remission. The type of drug used will depend on the type of arthritis being treated. For instance, the arthritis associated with gonorrhea will require an antibiotic. The arthritis associated with gout will require colchicine, an anti-inflammatory drug, and possibly a drug to help reduce uric acid in the blood. The arthritis of hemophilia must be controlled with better control of the bleeding disorder. Therapy must be individualized. The ability to offewr unique drugs based on a person'r gnetic make-up is the thrust of much new exciting research
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