[Evaluation of a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent in degenerative osteo-articular pathology]

Cinnoxicam (Sinartrol) was used in 20 patients with inflammatory-degenerative osteoarticular diseases. The new NSAID was administered by oral or rectal route once daily for a standard 15-day period. The treatment brought about a significant improvement in the clinical variables considered (spontaneous pain at rest and on movement and functional limitation), which was observed within a few days of starting therapy. Tolerance was good, only a few slight side-effects having been reported.