[An estimate of functional state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory chronic disease that affects 0.5-1% of the population, many of whom develop disease as working-age adults.

Material And Methods: The aim of examination was to estimate functional disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and relationship between radiological damage, disease duration, disease activity, functional disability.

Effects of Alendronate on bone mass in women with osteoporosis.

This paper presents the results of a two-year study of the effects of alendronate (Fosamax) on bone mass in 187 women with osteoporosis, mean age 57.68 years. Bone mass, i.

[Cyclic intravenous pamidronate in treatment of osteoporosis].

Objective: To assess the efficacy and tolerability of cyclic intravenous pamidronate therapy in women with severe osteoporosis.

Material And Methods: Bone mineral density (BMD) measurement was performed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry using LUNAR DPX-L device. Slow intravenous infusion regimens of pamidronate (30 mg) every three months were used in treatment of 240 women, in addition to supplemental Ca and vitamin D.