Further studies on glucametacin in rheumatoid arthritis and in other chronic types of rheumatism.

Twenty-three patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 9 patients with other forms of rheumatic diseases were treated for 20 days with 420 mg glucametacin per day, given as three 140 mg capsules. The treatment produced anti-inflammatory effects which were rated as good in about half the cases, with improvement of the majority of the clinical parameters studied. There were mild digestive side-effects. One patient with gallstones developed biliary colic, but the relationship of this to glucametacin treatment was not clear. The results obtained in the 32 patients treated with 140 mg glucametacin capsules were very similar to those which the same authors had observed in a very extensive case series of patients with rheumatic diseases treated with the same daily dose, but given as 70 mg capsules. It is suggested that the new preparation, which halves the number of capsules taken each day, is to be preferred to the smaller dose capsules.