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Abstract
Recommended dosages of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have increased considerably since their introduction. The maximum recommended dosage for ibuprofen, a widely prescribed drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, has increased from 400 mg three or four times a day (at the time of its introduction) to 2,400 mg per day at present. Piroxicam at 20 mg per day was compared with ibuprofen at 2,400 mg per day in 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Both drugs were found to be effective, with similar side-effect profiles.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID： 3914701 DOI： 10.1016/0049-0172(85)90054-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Arthritis Rheum ISSN： 0049-0172 Impact factor: 5.532