Oxaprozin in the treatment of patients with tendinitis and bursitis: Comparison with phenylbutazone and placebo

Abstract

multicenter study of 126 patients with acute tendinl­ tis and bursitis. By day 3 of treatment. patients in the three treatment groups showed significant improve­ ment IP < .05) from baseline in the mean overall pain score. limitation of motion. tenderness on pressure. pain on motion. and the opinions of the observers and the patients. Statistically significant reduction in A. CUTE TENDINITIS and bursitis, which ft frequently occur in the elbow or shoulder, are the most common forms of periarticular musculoskeletal conditions . Treatment of these painful and functionally disabling conditions has included intraarticular corticosteroid injection and oral nonsteroid al antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), Steroid injections provide palliative relief, but aspiration and injection must be done using a sterile technique to avoid introducing infections into bursae and tendons . Patients may have a postinjection flare of pain because of