METHOD FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCREASING PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHROSIS FULFILLING DRIVING AND SUPERVISION FUNCTIONS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61K31/351 A61K31/35 A61P19/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to rheumatology and may be used for treating the patients with ostheoarthrosis fulfilling driving and supervision functions with Theraflex Advance, Theraflex and Theraflex M cream. The treatment is two-staged, including 17-day hospital treatment and six-month outpatient treatment. The hospital treatment involves Theraflex Advance 2 tablets 3 times a day in a combination with local skin applications of Theraflex M cream 2-3 times a day as a 2-3 cm strip rubbed until absorbed completely. The outpatient treatment involves prescribing Theraflex 1 capsule 3 times a day for the first three weeks, further 1 capsule 2 times a day in a combination with Theraflex M cream locally applied on the skin 2-3 times a day as a 2-3 cm strip rubbed until absorbed completely.

EFFECT: invention provides the higher quality of life in the given category of patients ensured by the developed regimen of treatment enabling the complete withdrawal of myorelaxants and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory preparations.

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