[Pharmacy clinics. How I treat...arthritis. First part: pathophysiologic recurrence and symptomatic treatment]

Osteoarthritis is now considered in all developed countries as a major burden for public health. During several years, the pharmacological management of osteoarthritis mainly focused on symptoms relief without interaction with the long-term structural progression of this disease. Based on recently published consensus, the present article summarizes the currently available options in the symptom-modifying management of osteoarthritis.