[Medical treatment of osteoarthritis].
Immediate symptom relief, long-term symptom relief and chondroprotection comprise the basis of medical treatment of degenerative joint disease. Nonsteroid anti-inflammatory agents, antalgics and intra-articular infiltrations with corticosteroids provide rapid relief. A more delayed long-term effect can be obtained with a large number of drugs. Chondroprotectors are currently the focus of therapeutic research. Advances in our knowledge of the pathophysiological processes involved in the development of the degenerative process, a critical analysis of current medical therapies and rigorous methodology in clinical trials will soon provide a better range of treatments for patients suffering from degenerative joint disease.
Bertin
P
P
Clinique thérapeutique et rhumatologique, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges.
Treves
R
R
Mazieres
B
B
D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management
Le traitement médical de l'arthrose.