PMID: 11899747Mar 20, 2002Paper

Advances in anti-inflammatory therapy

Acta medica Austriaca
D Aletaha, J S Smolen

Abstract

Our goal was to evaluate the state of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), before the introduction of the coxibs. The prerequisite for inclusion was the presence of RA (ACR criteria) plus therapy with an NSAID with or without a disease modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD). A total of 368 consecutive RA patients (81% women) from the outpatient clinic at the Vienna General Hospital were included. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 62%, the patients' mean age was 60 +/- 14 years. The period of observation was 1972-1998. Seventy-seven per cent of the patients had DMARD and NSAID therapy. NSAID therapy was dominated by diclofenac, accounting for 60% of all therapies. Eighteen other substances were applied more rarely. All NSAIDs together were given for 768 patient years (with a mean duration of therapy of 17 years +/- 21 months). Seventy-two per cent of the patients received GI-protective therapy mainly with histamine antagonists and sucralfate while on nonsteroidal therapy. NSAID toxicity mostly affected the GI tract. There was a similar incidence of GI-related adverse events between patients with and patients without GI protection, mainly dyspepsia and nausea. NSAIDs have the ...Continue Reading

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