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Steady-state plasma levels of salicylate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: effects of dosing interval and tablet strength.

Abstract

Forty patients who were admitted to hospital with rheumatoid arthritis received a total of 3.9 g/d of enteric-coated acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) (Entrophen) according to one of four dosing schedules: group 1 (n = 13), three 325-mg tablets four times daily; group 2 (n = 11), two 650-mg tablets three times daily; group 3 (n = 10), three 650-mg tablets twice daily; and group 4 (n = 6), two 975-mg tablets twice daily. Five to seven days after the …

Authors

Keystone EC; Paton TW; Littlejohn G; Verdejo A; Piper S; Wright LA; Goldsmith CH

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 127, No. 4, pp. 283–286

Publication Date

August 15, 1982

ISSN

0820-3946