Nonsteroidal antirheumatics (NSAR) are useful for those arthritis patients who suffer from pain, inflammation or both – especially for those who suffer from inflammatory types of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

First-line defense drugs

If you are taking a drug to alleviate arthritis pain, it is probably one of the many NSAR drug s that are on the market. ''Nonsteroidal'' means that these drugs don't contain prednisolon or any other corticosteroid drugs which also have anti-inflammatory effects. NSAR drugs are used against pain caused by arthritis as well as other kinds of pain, including headaches, menstrual pain and toothache.