Patients with knee conditions are often treated first with pain medications. These fall into three classes of drugs: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) and corticosteroid medications which are prescribed in more severe cases and which may be taken orally or injected directly into the knee joint.

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