Section I Pharmacological and therapeutic principles.- 1. The pharmacological basis of antirheumatic drug therapy.- 2. Pharmacokinetics.- 3. Drug interactions.- 4. Adverse reactions.- 5. Evaluation of drug response.- Section II The rheumatological pharmacopoeia.- 6. Simple analgesics and pain.- 7. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.- 8. Corticosteroids in rheumatic diseases.- 9. Slow-acting antirheumatoid drugs.- 10. New drugs and experimental progress.- Section III Clinical applications and implications.- 11. Rheumatoid arthritis.- 12. The spondarthritides.- 13. Osteoarthrosis, spinal degenerative disease and other back pain syndromes.- 14. Gout and other crystal-deposition disorders.- 15. Miscellanea and rarities.- 16. Drug-induced syndromes and drug toxicity.- International glossary of proprietary antirheumatic drugs.