Expert Rev Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res. 2012;12(3):319-333. The most recent biologic therapy to receive marketing approval, tocilizumab, was evaluated in a 24-week, randomized, placebo ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients face very different risks for cardiovascular disease and events depending on their body ...

have greatly improved treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). People with RA now have more and better treatment options. DMARDs can change the course of the disease. They can slow or prevent damage ...

In patients with RA, BMI affects cardiovascular risk, differing by anti–citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) status and ...

Biologic drugs are disease-modifying anti-inflammatory drugs that help slow or stop the over-active inflammation that damages joints and organs in autoimmune, inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid ...

Biologic drugs are disease-modifying anti-inflammatory drugs that help slow or stop the over-active inflammation that damages joints and organs in autoimmune, inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid ...

There are several effective treatments for RA, including DMARDs and biologics. Both types of medications control rheumatoid arthritis by lowering the inflammation that fuels it, but there are ...

Biologic drugs are used to treat certain types of inflammatory arthritis. Learn how they work and what to expect if this treatment is recommended for your condition. What It Means to Develop ...

Objectives To investigate the relation between patient characteristics at rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis and subsequent initiation of treatment with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs ...

Main outcomes include (1) treatment effectiveness, based on: adherence, adding or switching biologic or PDE4 ... algorithm that characterised effectiveness of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis ...

I’ve been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2011. I took meds for a year and a half, then stopped taking them and changed to a strict alkaline diet. It worked fine for 7 years, but once I was ...

For Rheumatoid arthritis or for other diseases like psoriasis ... Because of the action of the biologic agents on the immune system, it means that people are at greater risk for infection ...