A study looked at more than 23,600 Medicare beneficiaries with RA who had received a ≥30-day prescription of an opioid drug. Participants were grouped according to those who had been prescribed a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with RA who responded to DMARD therapy showed reduced microbiome levels of certain bacteria. DMARD ...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) whose symptoms improved after they started taking nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) also demonstrated restored balance in their oral ...

A large case-control study found that adverse drug effects in patients with autoimmune rheumatologic diseases were more ...

Adverse drug effects commonly occur in patients with rheumatologic diseases, most of whom take multiple medications to ...

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 ...

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 ...

After the first 6 months of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), most very abnormal results newly seen in long-term routine laboratory ...

Early and aggressive intervention is recommended for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to new 2026 ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the lining of the joints. Traditional and biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are two forms ...

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 ...

How long do you need to take a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) for rheumatoid arthritis before it's fully effective? It depends on which one you use. But they all take a while, says Eric ...