COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING CIS-2-BENZOYL-3- HYDROXYCROTONONITRILE AND METHOD OF USE TO TREAT INFLAMMATION AND JOINT DETERIORATION

摘要

This disclosure describes compositions of matter useful as anti-inflammatory agents and as inhibitors of the progressive joint deterioration characteristic of arthritic disease, and the methods of meliorating inflammation and of inhibiting joint deterioration in mammals therewith, the active ingredients of said compositions of matter being certain cis-2-benzoyl-3-hydroxy-2-alkenonitriles and/or the pharmacologically acceptable cationic salts thereof.