Treat Arthritis with Arthritis Drug
Sunday, March 11th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
The best treatment option for arthritis has always been the arthritis drug. Now since there are quite a lot of arthritis drugs around and most of them have some sort of side effects or adverse effects on some people, it is not easy to find an arthritis drug that is just right for you. Your best option is to go out there and learn all there is to know about the different arthritis drugs, as well as about the side and adverse effects that they may show. That is the best and only way to make an informed decision on the matter.
NSAID, DMARD, Steroids And Analgesics
There are non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that are very commonly used as arthritis drugs of which there are three main types including salicylates, the traditional NSAIDs and finally, COX-2 selective inhibitors. To block the enzyme known as cyclooxygenaze (COX) one may need to use the NSAID arthritis drugs and according to research results, there are two types of COXes – COX-1 and COX-2.
There are also arthritis drugs such as disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) which have been called slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs due to the fact that these types of arthritis drugs take weeks or even months to take effect and according to research studies, it is important to have early as well as aggressive treatment with these drugs because in some cases, these arthritis drugs may stop the disease from progressing and also halt damage to the joints.
There are also arthritis drugs such as corticosteroids that are also called steroids and which are potent drugs that may help to reduce swelling as well as inflammation in quick time and these drugs have close relation to cortisol that is a hormone produced on the cortex of the adrenal glands. Prescription of these drugs may vary depending on the condition of the patient as well as the goals for which treatment is intended but they are used to control inflammation of the joints as well as organs, especially in certain diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
Pain killing is an important part in the treatment of arthritis patients and analgesics do just that, they take away the pain and can mean some much sought after relief for the sufferer of arthritis. Pain killers don’t do anything to take away the inflammation though, like NSAID’s will do. Sometimes the pain is so strong that doctors must prescribe narcotic analgesic drugs: the most classical used are codeine, darvocet, adyon, duragesic, ultracet and hydormorphone.
