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OXACEPROL IS AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG USED IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS .[1] IT IS DERIVED FROM L-PROLINE , A DNA-ENCODED AMINO ACID . THE ACTIVE EFFECT OF OXACEPROL IS TO INHIBIT THE ADHESION AND MIGRATION OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS .
OXACEPROL (N-ACETYL-L-HYDROXYPROLINE), AN ATYPICAL INHIBITOR OF INFLAMMATION, IS AN ESTABLISHED DRUG FORJOINT DISEASE WITHOUT SERIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS. RECENT STUDIES HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT OXACEPROL HAS AN EFFECT ON THE MICROCIRCULATION. SINCE THE EXACT MECHANISM OF ACTION REMAINS UNCLEAR, THE AIM OF OUR STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE LEUKOCYTE-ENDOTHELIAL CELL INTERACTIONS IN OXACEPROL-TREATED MICE WITH ANTIGEN-INDUCED ARTHRITIS (AIA) USING INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY.
SIDE EFFECTS
MAJOR & MINOR SIDE EFFECTS FOR OXACEPROL
路 HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS
路 ABDOMINAL PAIN
路 CONSTIPATION
路 NAUSEA AND VOMITING
路 INDIGESTION
路 SKIN RASH
路 DRY MOUTH
OXACEPROL IS THERAPEUTICALLY EQUIVALENT TO DICLOFENAC, BUT BETTER TOLERATED THAN DICLOFENAC IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS.
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