Prevalence of dyslipidemias in autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Objective: To determine the frequency of dyslipidemias in various autoimmune rheumatic diseases and the difference in lipid profile according to the activity of these diseases.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Rheumatology Department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, from May 2010 to April 2011.

Oral enzyme combination versus diclofenac in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee--a double-blind prospective randomized study.

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of an oral enzyme-rutosid combination (ERC) containing rutosid and the enzymes bromelain and trypsin, with that of diclofenac in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. A total of 103 patients presenting with painful episodes of OA of the knee were treated for 6 weeks in two study centers in a randomized, double-blind, parallel group trial. Altogether, 52 patients were treated in the ERC group and 51 patients were treated in the diclofenac group.