Principles of Therapeutics

Mechanisms of action, use, and adverse effects of drugs for treatment of disorders of the musculoskeletal system

• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics
• Muscle
  
  relaxants
• Antigout therapy (eg, allopurinol, colchicine, uricosuric drugs)
• Immunosuppressive drugs (eg, glucocorticoids, gold, cytotoxic agents)
• Drugs affecting bone mineralization (eg, diphosphonates, calcitonin, estrogen analogs)

Other therapeutic modalities (eg, radiation, surgery, casts, rehabilitation)

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