Azapropazone - its place in the management of rheumatoid conditions.

The authors review the trials carried out on azapropazone in rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatoid conditions. They comment that in terms of efficacy azapropazone would appear to be a useful non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic which compares favourably with other established antirheumatic agents against which it has been tested. Its main advantages are its low incidence of side-effects and the fact that in the majority of the trials reported azapropazone treatment was preferred by patients to that with other agents.