AIM 1) To study clinical features and laboratory findings in patients of post chikungunya chronic arthritis (PCCA). 2) To study effectivity of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in treatment of post-chikungunya chronic arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen Chikungunya IgM positive patients having arthritis lasting more than 3 months in spite of NSAIDs and Hydroxychloroquine the...

In adult age group, the cause of membranous glomerulonephritis (MG) cannot be detected in about 75% of the patients. These cases are defined as idiopathic (primary) MG. MG associated with drugs and other diseases are defined as secondary MG. Penicillamine and gold salts, formerly used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), are responsible for the development of MG. Amyloidosis, analgesi...

NF-kappaB is a transcription factor, which is activated by various stimuli. One of the well-known activators of NF-kappaB is oxidative stress, which is a cause of cell death in some tissue, or cell types. Optic nerve transection, axotomy, results in retinal cell death, because of oxidative stress, deprivation of neurotrophic factors, etc. Since it has been hypothesized that the retinal ganglion...

Background. Allicin has anti-inflammatory, antioxidative and proapoptotic properties. Aims. To evaluate the effects and investigate the mechanism of allicin on trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid-induced colitis, specifically with mesalazine or sulfasalazine. Methods. 80 rats were divided equally into 8 groups: control; trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid; allicin prevention; allicin; mesalazine; sulfasalazi...

The authors describe the case of a young Brazilian woman who was treated of ileocolonic Crohn's disease sparing rectum, as confirmed by colonoscopy and histopathological examination. After a 4-year course of sulfasalazine treatment, she presented with skin facial lesions in vespertilio, fever, arthralgias and high titers of anti-ANA and LE cells. A sulfasalazine-induced lupus syndrome was diagn...

The aim of this in vivo study was to assess the ability of the prodrug conjugate diclofenac-β-cyclodextrin to release diclofenac in the colon following oral administration, using sulfapyridine (a metabolite of sulfasalazine) as a marker of colonic absorption. Two groups of rats were used; the test rats received a suspension containing the two prodrugs, diclofenac-β-cyclodextrin and sulfasalazin...

OBJECTIVE We identified patients presenting with chest pain diagnosed as costochondritis by a consultant rheumatologist. The time taken to diagnosis was determined and the influence of diagnosis on subsequent management was assessed. We then estimated any cost benefits that early diagnosis and treatment of costochondritis might confer. Finally, we evaluated our current experience of sulfasalazi...