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    Rheumatoid arthritis treatment aims to relieve symptoms, maintain joint function, minimize systemic involvement, and delay disease progression. The major drug categories for treatment are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and glucocorticoids. Current guidelines recommend starting therapy with DMARDs such as methotrexate, which works rapidly but requires periodic liver and kidney monitoring. Other options include TNF inhibitors like etanercept, adalimumab, and certolizumab, which can cause injection site reactions, and abatacept from the new T-cell activation inhibitor class. While gold salts have been used for decades, they have significant side effects.

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    Rheumatoid arthritis treatment aims to relieve symptoms, maintain joint function, minimize systemic involvement, and delay disease progression. The major drug categories for treatment are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and glucocorticoids. Current guidelines recommend starting therapy with DMARDs such as methotrexate, which works rapidly but requires periodic liver and kidney monitoring. Other options include TNF inhibitors like etanercept, adalimumab, and certolizumab, which can cause injection site reactions, and abatacept from the new T-cell activation inhibitor class. While gold salts have been used for decades, they have significant side effects.

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    Rheumatoid arthritis treatment aims to relieve symptoms, maintain joint function, minimize systemic involvement, and delay disease progression. The major drug categories for treatment are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and glucocorticoids. Current guidelines recommend starting therapy with DMARDs such as methotrexate, which works rapidly but requires periodic liver and kidney monitoring. Other options include TNF inhibitors like etanercept, adalimumab, and certolizumab, which can cause injection site reactions, and abatacept from the new T-cell activation inhibitor class. While gold salts have been used for decades, they have significant side effects.

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    Rheumatoid Arthritis

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    1. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is directed at Relieving symptoms, Maintaining joint
    function, Minimizing systemic involvement, and Delaying disease progression.
    2. The three major categories of antiarthritic drugs are NSAIDs, DMARDs, and
    Glucocorticoids.
    3. Current guidelines recommend starting therapy with a DMARDs.
    4. The most commonly used oral glucocorticoids are Prednisone and Prednisolone.
    5. The most rapidly acting DMARD is Methotrexate.
    6. While the patient is on methotrexate, periodic tests of Liver and Kidney function are
    mandatory.
    7. Presently three TNF drugs are available: Etanercept, Adalimumab, and Certolizumab.
    8. Injection site reactions associated with etanercept include Itching, Erythema, Swelling, and
    Pain.
    9. The first representative of a new class of antiarthritic drugs, the T-cell activation inhibitors,
    is Abatacept.
    10. Gold Salts have been used in RA for decades, but they carry significant side effects
    including pruritus, rashes, stomatitis, and blood dyscrasias.

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