title: Combination treatment strategies in early rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Combinations of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are increasingly being used in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) when long term results with sequential DMARD monotherapy are disappointing. Combination DMARD therapy may be more effective than monotherapy, and has no additional short term adverse events. The evidence for using combination DMARD therapy is still weak, however, and further trials are needed.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Western General Hosptial, Edinburgh, UK. dr_esuresh@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents