title: Transsynovial kinetics of piroxicam in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Twenty-four patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, who required articular puncture, participated in this open label study. Following a washout period of 7 days piroxicam 20 mg was administered once daily for 7 days. The average drug concentration in a dose interval in plasma fluctuated between 4.45 micrograms/ml and 8.02 micrograms/ml, and in synovial fluid it ranged between 4.16 micrograms/ml and 5.55 micrograms/ml. Piroxicam was eliminated from plasma with a half-life of 41.7 h and 43.2 h from synovial fluid as calculated from measured and interpolated data from all patients. Despite the short treatment period, clinical improvement could clearly be demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dunky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010894:Piroxicam / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010894:Piroxicam