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DMARD

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Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)
A class of antirheumatic drugs, including chloroquine, methotrexate, cyclosporine, and gold compounds, that influence the disease process itself and do not only treat its symptoms.
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Methotrexate: Researchers have learned that this type of DMARD is safe and effective for some children with rheumatoid arthritis whose symptoms are not relieved by other medications.
Hence, 50 years after the initial reports of the efficacy of gold in managing joint pain, chrysotherapy is an important DMARD in the treatment of patients with RA.
The trial compared CRx-102 plus a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) to placebo plus DMARD (control) in subjects with RA.
 
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