COMMON CAUSES OF KNEE PAIN

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COMMON CAUSES OF KNEE PAIN

There are a number of common causes of knee pain. Your first step is to find out the source of the pain and how to treat it, so that the pain doesn't limit your normal activities.

In most cases, mild pain can be treated with home remedies and over-the-counter pain medicines while your body heals itself. Moderate or severe pain that lasts more than a day or two may require advanced treatments to reduce your pain and restore motion to the joint.

Remember, only a doctor can provide an accurate diagnosis of your knee pain.

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ORTHOVISC® is indicated in the treatment of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conservative nonpharmacologic therapy and to simple analgesics, e.g. acetaminophen. In clinical studies, the most commonly reported adverse events were arthralgia, back pain, and headache. Other side effects included local injection site adverse events.

ORTHOVISC® is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to hyaluronate formulations or known hypersensitivity (allergy) to gram positive bacterial proteins. ORTHOVISC® should not be injected in patients with infections or skin diseases in the area of the injection site or joint. Strict aseptic technique should be used. The effectiveness of more than 1 course has not been established.

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