Arthralgia

Introduction: Arthralgia

Arthralgia: Pain in the joints, often a symptom of arthritis. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Arthralgia is available below.

Symptoms of Arthralgia

• Varies depending on the cause
• Joint pain
• May include swelling
• Redness
• Stiffness

See full list of 7 symptoms of Arthralgia

Medical Textbooks Online about Arthralgia

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Arthralgia?

• Misdiagnosis of Arthralgia
• Underlying causes of Arthralgia (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Arthralgia

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Causes of Arthralgia

• Serum sickness
• Sweet's disease
• Jacobs arthropathy-camptodactyly syndrome
• Hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy
• Rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis

See full list of 114 causes of Arthralgia

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More information about causes of Arthralgia:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Arthralgia (79 listings)
• Arthralgia as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Arthralgia

Treatments for Arthralgia

• Varies according to cause
• May include anti inflammatory drugs
• Steroid injections
• Surgery
• Treatment of underlying cause

See full list of 6 treatments for Arthralgia

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Reseach about Arthralgia

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Clinical Trials for Arthralgia

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Arthralgia include:

• Changes in Knee Articular Cartilage Volume in Women on Aromatase Inhibitors - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - aromatase inhibitors (letrozole, anastrozole)
• A Study to Evaluate Long-Term Safety of Multiple Doses of CG5503 Prolonged-Release (PR) and Oxycodone Controlled-Release (CR) in Patients With Chronic Pain - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - CG5503 PR
• A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of Multiple Doses of CG5503 in Patients Awaiting Joint Replacement Surgery - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - CG5503 IR
• A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness and Safety of CG5503 in the Treatment of Acute Pain From Bunionectomy Compared With Placebo Followed by a Voluntary Open Label Extension for Safety. - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - CG5503 IR
• A Study to Evaluate 90-Day Safety of CG5503 Immediate Release (IR) or Oxycodone Immediate Release in Patients With Chronic Pain - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - CG 5503

See full list of 19 Clinical Trials for Arthralgia

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Definitions of Arthralgia:

Pain in the joint. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Pain in a joint or joints - (Source - WordNet 2.1)