[Clinical study of Bi-Profenid in rheumatologic practice].

The effectiveness and tolerance of Bi-Profenid as 150 mg tablets were analyzed in a multicenter study. Each of the 288 patients entered in the study had one of the main conditions found in rheumatologic practice: arthrosis of the hip or knee, rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylarthritis. Each patient was given one 150 mg Bi-Profenid tablet twice daily for 30 days. Overall effectiveness, as assessed by the pain scale test, produced improvement in 87.3% of cases. In degenerative rheumatic diseases, nocturnal pain, pain upon mobilization and walking distance were very significantly improved. In inflammatory rheumatic diseases, the significantly improved parameters were nocturnal pain, morning stiffness and functional indexes of rheumatoid arthritis. Tolerance was outstanding or very good in 77.1% of cases and the dropout rate was only 7.6%.