Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a long-term, inflammatory disease affecting the joints and where tendons and ligaments connect to the bones. It doesn't have a cure. But a growing number of treatments can ...

DMARDs are a medication that suppresses the immune system. People may take them to slow disease progression in autoimmune or inflammatory conditions, such as different types of arthritis. Inflammation ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints (those between the spine and hipbone). Less commonly, AS can affect other joints such ...

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 ...

Treatment of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) should emphasize early use of conventional synthetic and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), compared with the previous ...

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 ...

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) — the practice of using laboratory testing to measure blood levels of drugs — has garnered growing interest among rheumatologists in managing patients on ...

Nonadherence to DMARDs in RA varies widely, with rates from 1.5% to 100% across different studies and DMARD classes. The review identified 31 unique nonadherence measures, with indirect methods like ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite guidelines recommending early and aggressive therapy in RA, disease-modifying antirheumatic drug ...