When your rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is acting up, you do your best to feel better by avoiding RA flare triggers and making RA-friendly lifestyle changes. While self-management and care is important, it’s also important to get your RA treated by a medical professional. The longer RA goes untreated, the more damage occurs to the joints.
Recent treatment options have allowed doctors and patients to control RA better and significantly slow the progression of the disease. One group of medications used to treat rheumatoid arthritis is called DMARDs.
Saakshi Khattri, MD, is a rheumatologist and associate professor at the Department of Rheumatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
References
Cohen, S., et al. (2022). Patient education: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in rheumatoid arthritis (beyond the basics). UpToDate.
Michaud, K. (2022). Patient education: Rheumatoid arthritis treatment (beyond the basics). UpToDate.
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