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Nancy Walsh writing in Medpage Today reported, "Among patients with established rheumatoid
arthritis, a combination of conventional disease-modifying drugs was as effective as early use of anti-tumor
necrosis factor (TNF) agents," according to a study presented at the annual meeting of
the British Society for Rheumatology. Investigators found that individuals "who received disease-modifying
anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) had a change over 12 months on the Health Assessment Questionnaire
(HAQ) of 0.45 points compared with 0.30 points for those given anti-TNF therapy.
Comment: I disagree with this study. Conventional combination DMARDS don't work as well and
have their own share
of side effects.