Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy in chronic childhood iridocyclitis
N. Y. Olson, C. B. Lindsley and W. A. Godfrey
Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
The adjunctive use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for the
treatment of chronic iridocyclitis was evaluated in 14 patients, eight with
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and six with idiopathic iridocyclitis. In all
patients, the activity of the iridocyclitis improved with the addition of
NSAIDs to their treatment regimens, permitting reduction in the dose of
corticosteroid drugs. These data suggest that NSAID therapy may have an
adjunctive role in the treatment of chronic iridocyclitis in childhood.
