Studies on Novel Formulations for Management of Arthritis

Abstract

350 million people worldwide have arthritis (www.medicinenet.com home arthritis center arthritis az list, last accessed on 20th June 2015). This disease affects about 15% people i.e. over 180 million people in India. This prevalence is higher than many well known diseases such as diabetes, AIDS and cancer (http://www.arthritis-india.com/ accessed on 20th June 2015). Arthritis is an informal way of referring to joint pain or joint disease. There are more than 100 different types of arthritis and related conditions (http://www.orthop.washington.edu/?q=patient-care/articles/arthritis/research-on-arthritis.html, last accessed 30thMay 2016). People of all ages, sexes and races can and do suffer from arthritis. newlineWorldwide estimates are that 9.6% of men and 18.0% of women aged over 60 years have symptomatic osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory arthritis that develops in about 1% of the population, regardless of race or country of origin, affecting women 2 to 3 times more often than men. It tends to affect during the ages of 20 and 40, the most productive years of adulthood, and is a chronic disabling condition often causing pain and deformity. (www.who.int/chp/topics/rheumatic/en/, last accessed on 20th June 2015) newline