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  • Title: [Sulfasalazine or salazosulfapyridine in the treatment of rheumatoid polyarthritis. An open study of 46 patients. Review of the literature].
    Author: Trèves R, Morvan C, Bitaudeau P, Clément S, Liozon E, Arnaud M, Archambeaud-Mouveroux F, Desproges-Gotteron R.
    Journal: Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic; 1988; 55(9):641-6. PubMed ID: 2903546.
    Abstract:
    The SASP was studied in 46 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The efficacy criteria which were selected (decrease of the sed rate by more than 50 p. cent during the first hour, morning stiffness under 20 minutes, Ritchie's index inferior to 10 and decreased cortisone and NSAID doses), explain that 25 p. cent of the patients are considered as satisfied after 12 months of trial. The patients selected, present severe forms of the disease or forms resistant to other treatments. The improvement appears significant after the first month. Half of the patients left the trial either because of ineffectiveness, or evolutive relapse (21.73 p. cent) or because of side-effects (28.26 p. cent). The most frequently observed disorders and intolerances are of digestive nature. No serious accident is to be deplored. Such results are in accordance with the data from the literature. The SASP must therefore be considered as the fundamental treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The new galenic forms, dissolving in the gastro-intestinal tract, have enabled to markedly improve the digestive tolerance.
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