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New Drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis Looks Promising.

...ts etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade), and adalimumab (Humira), in combination with methotrexate, have significant anti-inflammatory and joint-protecting activity. Abatacept, rituximab, and tocilizumab all achieved better clinical results in combination with methotrexate than when used as monotherapy. ...

Adalimumab Proves Effective for Children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

...o assess the long-term effectiveness and safety of adalimumab in a younger population, researchers conducted a 4...double-blind study and assigned to either continue adalimumab or switch to a placebo for the next 32 weeks or until disease flare-up. Results demonstrated that...

RA Drugs Not Implicated In Cancer

...s: etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade), and adalimumab (Humira). Motivated by persistent concerns and inconclusive studies, researchers at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital set out to investigate the association between treatment with TNF blockers and occurrence of cancer in a large...

Good News For Those Of You Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis

Combination therapy with the new biologic drug adalimumab and methotrexate has been found to be about five t...f the 6-month trial, 43 percent of all subjects on adalimumab plus methotrexate had achieved a 50-percent improvement in symptoms, compared with 9 percent of all ...

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