In 185 Rituxan-treated RA patients with active disease, subsequent treatment with a biologic DMARD, the majority of which were TNF antagonists, did not appear to increase the rate of serious infection. Cardiovascular Adverse Reactions: In the pooled, placebo-controlled studies, incidence of serious...
In 185 Rituxan-treated RA patients with active disease, subsequent treatment with a biologic DMARD, the majority of which were TNF antagonists, did not appear to increase the rate of serious infection. Cardiovascular Adverse Reactions: In the pooled, placebo-controlled studies, incidence of serious...
Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease that causes joint pain and stiffness. It can also damage your joints and other parts of your body. The goals of rheumatoid arthritis treatment are to control inflammation, ease pain, and reduce disability. Treatment usually includes medications, occupatio...
In recent years the therapeutic attitude towards rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has changed considerably. Now, the disease is treated in an increasingly earlier phase and also more aggressively.1As is often the case in medicine, the process leading to this change in therapeutic attitude is not easy to...
Smoking, breathing polluted air (both indoors or outdoors), and consuming food or water contaminated with heavy metals expose the body to toxins. Toxins may contribute rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and may also decrease the effectiveness of RA medications.2,3,4,5,6,7 ...
Rheumatoid arthritis patients are not at increased risk for 30-day cardiovascular events, infections, or mortality after total joint arthroplasty Arthritis Res Ther (2013) A. Tracy et al. Pre-symptomatic autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis: when does the disease start? Semin Immunopathol (2017) What...
The disorder can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease as well, she added. Joint damage can happen in the first two years in which a person has the disorder, according to the Arthritis Foundation. RA usually affects joints on both sides of the body equally, starting in the small ...
*Rheumatoid arthritis, adult psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and plaque psoriasis. TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR 3 topics to bring up with your healthcare provider Many doctors find the information below valuable when deciding on the right RA medication and treatment plan for their patients.Make...
The aim of traditional early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has been to preserve joint function and thus quality of life by recommending range-of-motion exercises and use of anti-inflammatory agents. Ironically, this approach, which reserves the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs until ...
Interstitial Lung Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 1-2% of the general population. Although often thought of as primarily a localized inflammatory disorder with associated ... Y Uno-Komase,T Azuma - 《Nihon Rinsho Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine》 被引量: 80...