[The prevention of chrysotherapy complications in patients with rheumatoid arthritis]

To prevent side-effects of chrysotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis the authors recommend a treatment scheme under corticosteroid protection. The proposed method was used in 56 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Side-effects manifested in allergic eruptions were noted in 3 patients (5.35%) while in the control group of 34 patients who were treated by chrysotherapy according to the routine method complications were observed in 9 patients (26.47%).