A Mayo Clinic study of the two drugs has found an increased risk of infection and cancer to those who use the drugs. Doctors have not yet considered dropping the drugs because of the dramatic improvement they cause for sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases caused by a misfiring...
The drug baricitinib (a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis) is strongly recommended for patients with severe or critical COVID-19 in combination with corticosteroids, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts inThe B...
A review discusses how early diagnosis and prompt rheumatoid arthritis treatment can improve outcomes in patients with the disease.
Discovery of repurposed drugs on the basis of patient genomics has implications for precision prescribing of medicines to treat individual patients. The treatment of rare, monogenic diseases, which often provide too little return on investment to incentivize conventional drug discovery, might benefit beca...
With 43.5% of arthritis patients experiencing some limitations, providers have begun to opt for disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis effectively.
Patients with liver or kidney problems present a unique challenge to rheumatologists and other doctors that treat rheumatoid arthritis.Patients with liver problems should probably not take methotrexate. And methotrexate is a very important drug in our ar
Background Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) have been used for a long time to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and many controlled trials have been done. This review aims to assess the beneficial and harmful effects of CHMs versus disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in patients with ...
Powerful drugs used to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a profound, previously unrecognized effect on the immune system, breaking up molecular “training camps” for rogue cells that play an increasingly recognized role in autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. ...
The drug baricitinib (a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis) is strongly recommended for patients with severe or critical COVID-19 in combination with corticosteroids, says a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts inThe ...
Creatine has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, or Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). However, research has shown that it may not be effective in treating these conditions.Other uses not proven with research have included treating high cholesterol, depression, bipolar disorder, or certain ...