Osteoarthritis: increasing mobility and reducing disability

摘要: Older patients taking NSAIDs or high-dose aspirin should have complete laboratory evaluations of blood count, urinalysis, BUN/creatine, potassium, and serum transaminases several times yearly; more often if the clinical picture warrants. The use aspirin, NSAIDs, other medications be reviewed in detail with patient, particularly rationale. physician stress need to take regularly, not "as needed." Physicians also time warn against unorthodox "treatments."