Early and aggressive arthritis treatment recommended

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 06:10 in Health & Medicine

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) should be used early and aggressively at the first sign of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The results of an 11-year trial, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research and Therapy, demonstrate that active treatment from the very beginning pays off, even in the long run...

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