Ok folks, another study on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and DMARDs (disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs); what are we going to make of it?
According to a press release issued by the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), “At least 50% of recent onset rheumatoid arthritis patients achieve remission (a state free of signs and symptoms) within 36 weeks when following a systematic approach of step-up DMARD treatment in combination with tight control.”
This finding, presented at the annual congress, was based on this guideline:
Methotrexate 15mg/week was initiated following diagnosis
If remission was not achieved at week 8, the dose was increased to …read more