Friday, April 01, 2005

Betterhumans - Pain Patch Shows Promise for Arthritis

Betterhumans - Pain Patch Shows Promise for Arthritis:
"Arthritis sufferers looking for an alternative to COX-2 inhibitors might want to go on the patch.

A new study of knee osteoarthritis sufferers has shown that treatment with a lidocaine patch called Lidoderm offers similar pain relief to the oral drug celecoxib (Celebrex)."