The Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center has a page that fills with RA Arthritis treatment information. It’s a long page about RA Arthritis treatment and about 16 treatments are included. It might take some time to go through all the RA Arthritis treatments. Besides that you can also check out the Hot News and Ask the Expert sections for updated information regarding RA Arthritis. The list of RA Arthritis treatments is as below.
* Methotrexate (Rheumatrex®, Trexall®)
* Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil ®)
* Sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®)
* Leflunomide (Arava®)
* Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors-- etanercept (Enbrel®, adalimumab (Humira ®), and infliximab (Remicade®)
* T-cell Costimulatory Blocking Agents—abatacept (Orencia®)
* B cell Depleting Agents—rituximab (Rituxan®)
* Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor Antagonist Therapy—anakinra (Kineret®)
* Intramuscular Gold
* Other Immunomodulatory and Cytotoxic agents— azathioprine (Imuran®), cyclophosphamide, and cyclosporine A(Neoral®, Sandimmune®)
Each RA Arthritis treatments are well explained which includes the mechanism, dosage, use time effects and side effects. I have to say the RA Arthritis treatments are a bit difficult to understand because it involves medical terms.
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