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Medscape's Orthopedics MedPulse 12-May-00 --Ask the Experts

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NATIONAL ARTHRITIS MONTH --- MAY 2000

May is National Arthritis Month. Arthritis and other rheumatic

conditions are the leading cause of disability in the United States.

On May 18, 2000, the Arthritis Foundation is sponsoring Arthritis

Action Day to bring national attention to this public health problem.

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FDA APPROVES TESTING OF MARIJUANA-BASED ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Atlantic

Technology Ventures' (ATV) investigational new drug (IND) application

to test its synthetic marijuana derivative CT-3 as an

anti-inflammatory and analgesic therapy.

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LUMBAR VERTEBRAL DEFORMITY MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE BACK PAIN AND DISABILITY

Women with a lumbar vertebral deformity are more likely to report

back pain than women with a thoracic vertebral deformity, according

members of the European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study Group.

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INHALED CORTICOSTEROID ASTHMA THERAPY DOES NOT AFFECT BONE DENSITY IN

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Asthma treatment with inhaled fluticasone propionate or

beclomethasone dipropionate appears to have no negative effects on

bone mass or metabolism in adults, according to findings published in

the May issue of Thorax.

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ASTRAZENECA ANTICOAGULANT MAY PREVENT THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER HIP, KNEE

SURGERY

Results of a large phase II trial sponsored by AstraZeneca suggest

that the company's investigational oral direct thrombin inhibitor may

help prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total hip or total

knee replacement surgery.

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CALCIUM ABSORBED LESS READILY FROM SOY MILK THAN FROM COW MILK

The calcium in fortified soy milk is less bioavailable than that in

cow milk, Nebraska researchers report.

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NSAID THERAPY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ACETAMINOPHEN IN ELDERLY DUE TO GI

EVENTS

Gastrointestinal side effects in the elderly caused by the use of

nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) result in extra expense

compared with the use of acetaminophen, researchers report in the

April issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

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VIRAL DNA COMMON IN SYNOVIAL TISSUE OF PATIENTS WITH EARLY ARTHRITIS

Viral DNA can be detected in synovial fluid and synovial tissue

samples of two thirds of patients with various forms of early

inflammatory arthritis, according to researchers in Germany and the

Netherlands.

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The use of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme inhibitors in patients

with chronic renal insufficiency can result in acute renal failure,

according to a case report published in the May issue of the American

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LILLY'S RALOXIFENE RECEIVES OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT INDICATION IN THE EU

Eli Lilly and Company's osteoporosis drug Evista (raloxifene

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states of the European Union (EU) for the treatment of postmenopausal

osteoporosis, a condition that affects about half of postmenopausal

European women, the Indianapolis-based company announced on Tuesday.

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VERY LOW-DOSE ESTROGEN THERAPY UNDER INVESTIGATION

Very low-dose estrogen replacement therapy may benefit women who for

various reasons cannot use standard or high-dose therapy, according

to a report presented here during the American Association of

Clinical Endocrinologists' ninth annual meeting.

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NONINHERITED MATERNAL ANTIGENS NOT LINKED TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Contrary to the findings of some previous studies, noninherited

maternal antigens do not appear to play a role in the susceptibility

to rheumatoid arthritis, according to a report by European

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