title: Current management of rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, is a chronic, inflammatory, progressive disease. Most patients have moderate disease, with a variable disease course and symptomatic flares interspersed with periods of relatively lower disease activity. Over the last 2 decades, the treatment of RA has evolved dramatically, from use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs to newer biologics. None of these therapies represents a cure for RA; however, the availability and the efficacy of multiple treatments has made remission of the disease a realistic target.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Siddharth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tambar
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ruderman
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents