A study looked at more than 23,600 Medicare beneficiaries with RA who had received a ≥30-day prescription of an opioid drug. Participants were grouped according to those who had been prescribed a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with RA who responded to DMARD therapy showed reduced microbiome levels of certain bacteria. DMARD ...

SaveHealth reports on common rheumatoid arthritis medications, highlighting their effectiveness, side effects, and cost ...

One of the most talked about treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involves the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or DMARDs. Studies show these medications can actually halt the ...

Use of a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) or triple therapy with conventional, synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis have similar beneficial effects ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A review of social media posts by patients with rheumatoid arthritis revealed generally positive opinions about ...

Researchers found that risk of adverse events and mortality did not increase following certain rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatments. Among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), beginning use of ...

A cross-sectional study finds that patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) exhibit a reduced immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine compared with ...

The treat-to-target approach represented a stepped-up model for chronic disease management that only became possible when the available therapies showed the potential for disease remission. The ...

Weaker immune response against COVID-19 may be attributed to the more targeted immunosuppressive mechanism of biologic DMARDs. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients receiving biologic disease-modifying ...

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 ...

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 control RA ...