stopping DMARD therapy is achievable and safe, but only in a small proportion of patients Furthermore, a recent analysis of two early-RA cohorts demonstrated that sustained drug-free remission ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) inflammation attacks the tissue lining your joints and causes swelling and pain. Inflamed joint tissue breaks down and wears away. Without medications to treat and ...

Limited data exist regarding the development of multiple myeloma in patients with RA. In one study ... treatment with adalimumab was shown to be safe despite the presence of a malignancy ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disease that affects ∼0.8% of the adult population worldwide. Onset typically occurs between 30 and 50 years of age, with an ...

Methotrexate is one of the most effective medications to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA ... your treatment works and to make sure it’s safe for organs such as your liver.

Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have chronic kidney disease, including those on hemodialysis, biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are effective and safe. Among patients ...

If you want to try any of these CAM therapies to manage RA symptoms and pain, ask your healthcare provider which might help you and if these therapies are safe for you to try. Some herbs and ...

(Olumiant is also prescribed to treat RA.) Interaction result ... for a given drug does not indicate that the drug or drug combination is safe, effective, or appropriate for all patients or ...

Pfizer has received approval from the US FDA for its rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drug, Xeljanz, which is the first approved RA treatment in a new class of medicines known as Janus kinase inhibitors ...

ROACH: I'm a 67-year-old healthy male, but I do take Humira for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It does a wonderful job for me with no side effects. It does such a good job that I can periodically extend ...

Ablynx is looking for new partners to take its rheumatoid arthritis drug vobarilizumab into phase 3 development, after AbbVie turned down an option to license the drug. AbbVie has already paid the ...

which is considered end stage RA. At this stage, your joints become fused and stop working. Your doctor may recommend a combination of medication and self-management strategies to treat severe RA ...