Drug details

Supartz FX (sodium hyaluronate solution)

type of Rheumatologics, Other

Supartz FX (sodium hyaluronate) is a cartilaginous defect repair agent indicated for the treatment of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in patients who have failed to respond adequately to conservative non-pharmacologic therapy and simple analgesics, e.g., acetaminophen.

This drug may have the following side effects:

• joint pain,
• back pain,
• headache, and
• injection site pain
• arthritis,
• pain (non-specific),
• injection site reaction (inflammation or red or purple discoloration),

The following drugs are related to Supartz FX, either as a replacement or used together:

• Hymovis (high molecular weight viscoelastic hyaluronan)
• Orthovisc (hyaluronan)