title: [Can the medication in patients with rheumatoidarthritis in remission be stopped?].
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that causes significant morbidity and mortality. The combined use of methotrexate and biological agents directed against tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has achieved significant improvement in clinical, radiographic and functional parameters not seen previously and has revolutionized the therapeutic goal of achieving remission in clinical, structural and functional parameters. The next goal should be to achieve remission without the use of biological drugs and later without medication. Although there is evidence about the efficacy and safety of TNF inhibitors, there is none on remission without the use of biological agents or disease modifying drugs.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Las Palmas, España. fnovmed@hotmail.es
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Nóvoa Medina
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Francisco Hernández
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012074:Remission Induction; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents