Specific organs
Treating osteoarthritis pain: recent approaches using pharmacological therapies
A. Ghouri1, P.G. Conaghan2
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK.
- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK. p.conaghan@leeds.ac.uk
CER12738
2019 Vol.37, N°5 ,Suppl.120
PI 0124, PF 0129
Specific organs
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PMID: 31621576 [PubMed]
Received: 03/09/2019
Accepted : 04/09/2019
In Press: 15/10/2019
Published: 15/10/2019
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a debilitative, painful condition with significant global burden. Pharmacological options have limited analgesic efficacy and their side-effects often restrict their use. Novel pharmacological options are needed to relieve patient symptoms and their consequent disease impact. A variety of pharmacological options have been investigated in treating OA, including existing therapies previously used for treating other arthritides (such as colchicine and hydroxychloroquine) and new therapies targeting pain (including monoclonal antibodies to nerve growth factor and intra-articular trans-capsaicin). Extended-release triamcinolone may offer more persisting analgesic effects compared to immediate-release preparations. While most studies have been unsuccessful, pharmacological therapies targeting peripheral nociceptive pathways appear promising.
