Treatment of osteoarthritis
US6610750B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P19/02
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of treating osteoarthritis, which is effective not only at targeting the symptoms of the disease, but also in interrupting, preventing, and controlling cartilage destruction, to thereby favorably alter the course of the disease, comprising the administration of an effective amount of rhein or a rhein derivative, preferably diacerein, either alone or in combination with at least one member selected from the group consisting of analgesics, antipyretics, cortico-steroids, anti-inflammatory agents, cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, and inflammatory cytokine inhibitors, to a subject in need of such treatment.
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