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Is non-biological treatment of rheumatoid arthritis as good as biologics?
Jyoti Ranjan Parida1, Durga Prasanna Misra1, Anupam Wakhlu1
1Jyoti Ranjan Parida, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India.
Abstract:
The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the past three decades has undergone a paradigm shift from symptomatic relief to a "treat-to-target" approach. This has been possible through use of various conventional and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) which target disease pathogenesis at a molecular level. Cost and infection risk preclude regular use of biologics in resource-constrained settings. In the recent years, evidence has emerged that combination therapy with conventional DMARDs is not inferior to biologics in the management of RA and is a feasible cost-effective option.
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