| The only way to keep up with the latest about | | | | of the joints. The Humira, however, has two |
| rheumatoid arthritis is to constantly stay on the lookout | | | | differences in relation to those predecessors. Instead |
| for new information. | | | | of being composed of antibodies from animal or |
| If you read everything you find about rheumatoid | | | | synthetic, it is made of antibodies identical to humans. |
| arthritis symptom and treatment, it won't take long for | | | | Thus, the experts believe, is decrease the risks of |
| you to become an influential authority. | | | | rejection and allergies. Moreover, Humira is |
| If your rheumatoid arthritis facts are out-of-date, how | | | | administered by the patient himself, as a subcutaneous |
| will that affect your actions and decisions? Make | | | | injections twice a month. The Enbrel requires minced |
| certain you don't let important arthritis information slip | | | | every two days. Already the Remicade, the only |
| by you. Everyday new medicines and treatments are | | | | available in Brazil, requires intravenous application, made |
| showing up. | | | | in hospital every two months. There is no comparative |
| The rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that deforms and | | | | studies between the three drugs, it is impossible to |
| cause terrible pain, continues to defy the doctors. But | | | | relate the effectiveness of one of the other. Polls |
| there is good news in this battle. | | | | show that isolated this new class of drugs can |
| No rheumatic disease as devastating as rheumatoid | | | | prevent up to 80% of cases the damage in the joints. |
| arthritis. It arises when the immune system of the | | | | A major drawback is the cost of treatment. A single |
| person starts to see the cells of the joints as enemy | | | | application of Remicade can cost more than 2,500 |
| an attack against them. The vested triggering an | | | | american dollars. |
| inflammation. Let on your own course, the | | | | The rheumatoid arthritis attacks mainly between 35 |
| inflammatory process destroys the cartilage between | | | | and 55 years. For each patient man, three women in |
| the joints and damage the bones that are coming. The | | | | the same situation. At the beginning of the disease, the |
| result is pain and terrible deformities, mainly in the | | | | patient is involved, fatigue, muscle pain, swelling and |
| hands, wrists, knees, ankles and feet. It is estimated | | | | stiffness in some light joints. "As complaints are vague, |
| that there are nearly 2 million patients only in Brazil. The | | | | the diagnosis at that stage is difficult. Therefore, many |
| science was still unable to completely uncover the | | | | people only discover they have the disease when they |
| mechanisms of rheumatoid arthritis, but has achieved | | | | are in more advanced stages," says the reumatologist |
| success in the development of drugs capable of | | | | Evelin Goldenberg, teacher of the Federal University of |
| containing their advance. The newest weapon arsenal | | | | Sao Paulo. If the diagnosis is early, it is a reasonable |
| that has just received the approval of the FDA, the | | | | chance of slowing the progression of the damage in |
| American agency for the control of medicines and | | | | the joints through medicines cheaper than the class of |
| food, and should arrive in Brazil until the end of the | | | | Humira. |
| year. This is the Humira, Abbott laboratory. | | | | It never hurts to be well-informed with the latest on |
| The newly approved drug belongs to a class of drugs | | | | rheumatoid arthritis symptom and treatments. |
| launched less than five years. Besides Humira, are part | | | | Compare what you have learned here to future |
| of that group the Enbrel, manufactured by Wyeth, and | | | | articles so that you can stay alert to up-to-dated about |
| Remicade, Schering-Plough. The three drugs inhibit the | | | | rheumatoid arthritis symptom and treatment. |
| action of TNF protein, responsible for the destruction | | | | |