DISEASE-MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - CURRENT CONCEPTS

Authors
EMERY P LUQMANI R GORDON C
Citation
P. Emery et al., DISEASE-MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - CURRENT CONCEPTS, British journal of clinical practice, 48(2), 1994, pp. 82-86
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
82 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1994)48:2<82:DADIR->2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs are used in virtually all patien ts with established rheumatoid arthritis. An increasingly large number of new drugs is now available. Furthermore, old therapies are being u sed in novel ways. Treatment is now begun earlier and patients are rar ely left untreated. This report summarises recent developments regardi ng the drugs currently in use and those that may be available in the n ear future.