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Rheumatology 2005 44(1):130-131; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/keh434
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Rheumatology Vol. 44 No. 1 © British Society for Rheumatology 2005; all rights reserved

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The management of osteoarthritis. Landing on the ground of reality

G. M. Papadimitriou

Athens University, 14, Makedonias Street, 153 41 Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

Correspondence to: G. M. Papadimitriou. E-mail: gmpap@otenet.gr

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SIR, The EULAR 2003 recommendations for knee osteoarthritis (OA) include a table with an ‘evidence based final set of 10 recommendations’ [1]. Recommendation number 8 states: ‘SYSADOA [symptomatic slow-acting drugs in osteoarthritis] (glucosamine sulphate, chondroitin sulphate, ASU [avocado and soya unsaponifiables], diacerein, and hyaluronic acid) have symptomatic effects and may modify structure’. Concerning the modifying effect of glucosamine sulphate (GS), the authors refer to just one study (supported by a pharmaceutical manufacturer), including 106 patients with . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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