There is good news for Australians with osteoarthritis.
New medication is now available to help treat inflammation.
But sufferers should not throw away their paracetamol just yet, the latest edition of Australian Prescriber warns. The good news for arthritis suffers is that drugs that selectively inhibit its actions are now available. However it is unclear if the drugs will adversely affect other body systems. Arthritis sufferers use a range of therapies to help control the pain from soft tissue inflammation. These include bleeding ulcers which often lead to hospitalisation and sometimes death.