Etanercept and methotrexate combination in rheumatoid arthritis
โ Scribed by Larry Moreland
- Book ID
- 107553664
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3774
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## Abstract ## Objective To determine the potential for additive or synergistic effects of combination therapy with the selective antiโtumor necrosis factor ฮฑ agent etanercept and the antiโinterleukinโ1 agent anakinra. ## Methods Two hundred fortyโfour patients in whom rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Methotrexate (MTX) is effective in the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its use by practitioners has become commonplace, even though it is not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration for this use. One might assume, therefore, that there is a general understanding, among pr