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Diacerein : A New Symptomatic Slow Acting Drug for Osteoarthritis

@inproceedings{Mahajan2006DiacereinA,
  title={Diacerein : A New Symptomatic Slow Acting Drug for Osteoarthritis},
  author={A. Mahajan and K. Singh and V. Tandon and S. Kumar and H. Kumar},
  year={2006}
}

A. Mahajan, K. Singh, +2 authors H. Kumar

Published 2006

Medicine

Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder in world. It is one of the most frequent cause of pain, loss of function and disability in adults 2nd to Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) (1). In India prevelence of OA has been suggested to be 24.9% (2). In one of our previous study from Jammu region it was recorded 42.4% (3). Till recently osteoarthritis was classified as a mechanical wear and tear disorder of articular cartilage for which only pain modifying therapies such as analgesics were… CONTINUE READING

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