The system hosts pathway management systems which automate the processes of monitoring patients, for example those taking Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs which are potentially toxic.
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A randomized, multicenter trial reported better outcomes in a group of 12 patients treated with anakinra than in a group of 10 patients taking other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
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Milder cases of psoriatic arthritis may be treated with NSAIDs alone; however, there is a trend toward earlier use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs or biological response modifiers to prevent irreversible joint destruction.
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Anakinra is not considered a'disease-modifying antirheumatic drug'( DMARD ) but rather a'biological response modifier'( BRM ) because its able to selectively target the pathologic element of the disease.
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The drugs are grouped by type, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ), analgesics, biologic response modifiers, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs ( DMARDs ), fibromyalgia medications, osteoporosis medications and gout medications.
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Historically, pokeweed poisonings were common in eastern North America during the 19th century, especially from the use of tinctures as antirheumatic preparations and from ingestion of berries and roots that were mistaken for parsnip, Jerusalem artichoke, or horseradish.
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"' Leflunomide "'( original brand name "'Arava "') is an immunosuppressive disease-modifying antirheumatic drug ( DMARD ), used in active moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.
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Penicillamine can be used as a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug ( DMARD ) to treat severe active rheumatoid arthritis in patients who have failed to respond to an adequate trial of conventional therapy, although it is rarely used today due to availability of TNF inhibitors and other agents, such as tocilizumab and tofacitinib.
