title: Traditional schemes for treatment of psoriatic arthritis.
abstract: Prior to the availability of biologic agents such as anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF), traditional treatment schemes for psoriatic arthritis were not extensively evaluated. While it appears that the newer forms of treatment are more effective, conventional agents still need to be scrutinized with similar methodology and will still have a role in those patients with less progressive disease, in combination with biologic agents, and in patients where biologics are not tolerated or have failed.
authors: Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, BA1 1RL, UK. neil.mchugh@rnhrd.nhs.uk
authors: Neil J
authors: NJ
authors: McHugh
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents