METHOD FOR INTEGRATED TREATMENT OF SECONDARY OSTEOARTHROSIS ACCOMPANYING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61K31/196 A61K31/222 A61K31/519 A61N5/67 A61P19/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to a therapy of the patients suffering rheumatoid arthritis accompanied by secondary osteoarthrosis. The presented method for integrated treatment involves: Methotrexate 7-15 mg per os 1 time a week, non-steroid anti-inflammatory preparations, diacerein 50 mg - 2 times a day in a combination with the exposure to low-intensity laser light, including the exposure of knee joints to skin infrared pulse laser light along a projection of a joint space, and the exposure of blood to supravenous red laser light.

EFFECT: implementing the method ensures an evident analgesic, anti-inflammatory effect, a reduced length of morning stiffness, improved functional capacity and expanded range of motion in the injured joints, as well as lower consumption of non-steroid anti-inflammatory preparations thereby reducing a rate of related side effects.

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