The Vth WHO/ILAR Task Force Meeting on Rheumatic Diseases ratified gui
delines for the use of antirheumatic drugs. Indications for use, contr
aindications, dose, administration and other usage principles, toxicit
y, and advice to patients have been agreed for analgesics, nonsteroida
l antiinflammatory drugs, slower acting antirheumatic drugs, corticost
eroids, and hypouricemic agents.