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Etoricoxib for arthritis and pain management
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 11/12/08

Brooks P et al. – Etoricoxib is an efficacious alternative in the management of arthritis and pain, with advantages of convenient once-daily administration and superior gastrointestinal tolerability vs traditional NSAIDs.

• Study to compare the efficacy of etoricoxib vs traditional NSAIDs and long term safety profile in large dataset

• Etoricoxib is well tolerated w/o new safety findings during long-term administration
• Evaluation of gastrointestinal, renovascular, and cardiovascular tolerability profiles of etoricoxib in larger dataset are in progress
• Further insight into the cardiovascular tolerability of etoricoxib and diclofenac will be gained from a large ongoing cardiovascular outcomes program (MEDAL)

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Hyperuricemia Is a Mediator of Endothelial Dysfunction and Inflammation in Renal Allograft Recipients
Transplantation Proceedings, 11/02/09

Prescription and comorbidity screening following consultation for acute gout in primary care
Rheumatology, 11/23/09

Common Polymorphisms Influencing Serum Uric Acid Levels Contribute to Susceptibility to Gout, but Not to Coronary Artery Disease
PLoS ONE - Cardiovascular Disorders, 11/10/09

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Italian Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Infectious Disease Management of Osteomyelitis and Prosthetic Joint Infections in Adults
Infection, 11/19/09

Septic Arthritis in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease Often is Associated with Osteomyelitis or Osteonecrosis
Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, 11/11/09

Diminished in vitro antibacterial activity of oxacillin against clinical isolates of borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 11/03/09

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Effect of biomagnetic therapy versus physiotherapy for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 11/20/09

Osteoarthritis: A review of treatment options
Geriatrics, 10/21/09

Doxycycline for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
Cochrane Reviews, 10/23/09

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Hepatoprotective effect of TNF-alpha blockade in psoriatic arthritis: A cross-sectional study
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, 11/09/09

The use of complementary and alternative medicine in outpatients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases in Sweden
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology , 11/17/09

Update in treatment options for psoriatic arthritis
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 11/23/09

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Treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica
Archives of Internal Medicine, 11/10/09

Cancer risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor [alpha] therapies: Does the risk change with the time since start of treatment?
Arthritis & Rheumatism, 11/05/09

Does rheumatoid arthritis equal diabetes mellitus as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease? A prospective study
Arthritis Care and Research , 11/03/09

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