| abstract |
A method of treating chronic inflammatory joint disease with arylsulfonamides of the formula: Z-SO2NR1R2 wherein R1 and R2 are selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, loweralkylphenyl, 2 or 3 pyrrolidinyl, 2 or 3-(N-loweralkylpyrrolidinyl, or R1 and R2 taken together may form pyrrolidinyl or piperidinyl heterocyclic amino radicals and Z is an aryl group selected from substituted or unsubstituted tetrazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 1,2,4-triazole, benzothiazole, benzimidazole, imidazole, pyridyl, 4,6-dimethyl pyrimidine, benzene or naphthalene is disclosed. |