Drug for Osteoporosis Curtails Knee Arthritis
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a drug used to  combat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis appears to reduce  the occurrence of osteoarthritis-related damage in the knee,  according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - The class of painkillers known  as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can relieve  the pain of osteoarthritis, but they may cause stomach  problems. The solution might be to avoid the stomach all  together.
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NEW YORK  - The anti-rheumatic drug  anakinra is an effective treatment for patients with ankylosing  spondylitis, a serious type of arthritis that commonly affects  the spine, according to a new study.
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A drug often used to treat rheumatoid arthritis -- methotrexate -- seems to improve a condition known as ankylosing spondylitis, Mexican researchers report.
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After alarming news about popular painkillers like Celebrex and Vioxx, an American study is pointing to another way to control the pain of arthritis.
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NEW YORK  - People who have plenty of foods with antioxidants in their diets may be protecting themselves from bone changes associated with knee arthritis, according to a new study.
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NEW YORK  - In a new report, US researchers describe the improvement in brain function that occurred in a patient with Alzheimer's disease just minutes after receiving an injection in the spine of the arthritis drug Enbrel (also known as etanercept).
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Patients with osteoarthritis who took the pain medication Vioxx have several options to discuss with their doctors. â¢ Exercise and weight control.
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With the recent news of heart problems associated with drugs such as Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra, people who suffer from the pain associated with arthritis have difficult choices to make.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with a drug used to combat the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis appears to reduce the occurrence of osteoarthritis-related damage in the knee, according to a new report.
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The fight over the lucrative market for rheumatoid arthritis drugs is heating up. In the last five years, three similar drugs have been introduced that offer patients the promise of getting back on their feet. Now the manufacturers of all three are jockeying for market share so they can be the leader when Medicare's full prescription drug benefit takes effect ...
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NEW YORK  - In patients with rheumatoid   arthritis, use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, or   DMARDs, seems to lower the increased risk of cardiovascular   disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis, research   suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Symptoms of osteoarthritis of  the knee are eased more when acupuncture is added to treatment  with the painkiller diclofenac, Spanish researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Newer drugs like Enbrel and  Remicade have been a boon to many arthritis sufferers, but  researchers now report that such drugs may lead to the  development of an inflammatory disorder of blood vessels,  usually affecting the skin.
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Genetic factors appear to play a role in the development of arthritis of the knee, according to a report in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on   Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta   medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone   fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).
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Like Vioxx, which was taken off the market in September because of safety concerns, Celebrex is a COX-2 inhibitor, a type of drug that eases the inflammation associated with arthritis typically without damaging the stomach.