The deforming gonarthrosis is a disease that requires individually selected integrated therapy, which includes all sorts of ways to the impact on the pathological process. At the same time, a wide variety of drugs are used in the treatment of arrangement of the knee joint, it is about them we will talk about.
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Medical treatment of osteoarthrosis of the knee joint occupies an important place in the complex therapy. In combination with therapeutic physical education, manual therapy, physiotherapeutic procedures, it allows to slow down the processes of destruction of the articular cartilage, accelerate the regeneration of cartilage tissue, to maximize the limb to restore.
The main tasks of the medical treatment of osteoarthrosis of the knee joint:
- elimination of pain;
- normalization of blood circulation in the knee field;
- improving the nutrition cartilage and activation of restoration processes;
- Increase the mobility of the joint.
Treatment of the Arromet of the knee joint: drugs of a non-steroidal series from pain
So, arthrosis of the knee joint, treatment, drugs. The first thing every doctor thinks about — These are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory tools, such as indomethacin, diclofenac, ketoprofen, pyroxics, numeride and others. They are used to remove pain and reduce joint inflammation as first aid, because on the background of a sharp soreness of the knee is simply impossible to apply other methods of treatment, in particular therapeutic gymnastics, massage or physiotherapy.
Long use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory funds (NSAIDs) undesirable for several reasons.
- With drug elimination of pain under mask imaginary well-being, the active destruction of the bone can occur, because NSAIDs — it's just a symptomatic. Therapeutic effect provides only pathogenetic treatment that affects various links of the destructive process.
- According to researchers of arthrosis of the knee joint, long-term treatment of the disease, including nonsteroidal preparations, can slow down the synthesis of proteoglycans, and therefore contribute to the dehydration of the cartilage tissue and its destruction.
- The frequency of side effects of the NSAID increases sharply upon their long use.
But what to do a patient with Gonarthrosis of 3 degrees, when pains become almost a constant companion of his life? Instead of non-steroidal drugs, it is better to use selective anti-inflammatory agents that have fewer side effects and not affecting metabolism in cartilage tissue.
Arthrosis of the knee joint: preparations for the recovery of cartilage
In the treatment of gonarthrosis, chondroprotectors such as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate occupy an important place. These substances are normally present in the joints of each person, participate in the nutrition of cartilage fabric and cartilage regeneration.
Chondroprotectors — This is the most useful group of medicines for people suffering from arthrosis of the knee joint. Treatment, drugs that are used in therapy are designed to effectively influence the pathological process and be as secure for a patient for a forced time to take pills for a long time. Unlike non-steroidal anti-inflammatory funds, chondropotectors restore cartilage power, improving «quality» synovial fluid, increase proteoglycan synthesis and promote the regeneration of the cartilaginous plate. However, even with such beneficial properties of drugs, you should not exaggerate their potential opportunities.
- Chondroprotectors are not a way to help if the knee arthrosis reached 3 degrees. Preparations will not be able to restore cartilage, if it is almost completely destroyed.
- Chondroprotectors act very slowly, the rapid improvement in the state of the patient does not have to wait. The effect will necessarily be noticeable, but only after a year and a half of the regular drug intake, although advertising drugs, promises recovery in shorter time.
- Gonarthrosis treatment implies use along with chondroprotectors of other medicines and methods.
Treatment of deforming arrangement of the knee joint: creams and ointments
Gonarthrosis therapy cannot but include the use of therapeutic creams and ointments. Although they cannot heal, but still significantly reduce the unpleasant sensations, relieve pain, swelling, improve the mobility of the joints.
In the absence of obvious inflammation, warming agents that improve blood circulation in the joint are accelerating metabolic processes, including cartilage regeneration. Rubbing with Menvasin, Espol, Gevkamen cause a feeling of warmth, comfort, relax muscles and ligaments, but they cannot be used with synovite phenomena. Indometackic ointment, long, voltar-gel, fast-gel, on the contrary, are shown when synotent, but they should not be limited to one, because the penetration of the active substances of the ointments, creams and gels is only 5-7%.
Compresses with arthrosis have a big effect than just applying creams and ointments. For compresses, a dimexide can be used, it has good penetrating ability, anti-inflammatory and anesthetic effect, bischofit or medical bile, improving blood circulation in the joint, accelerating metabolic processes in cartilage.
