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Methotrexate (Trexall) side effects include mouth sores, nausea, and stomach upset
The most common conventional DMARDs are methotrexate, sulfasalazine, hydroxychloroquine, and leflunomide
Combination therapy with sulfasalazine and methotrexate is more effective than either drug alone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with a suboptimal response to
Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate and sulfasalazine, or a combination of the three
Conventional synthetic DMARDs typically include methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, sulfasalazine, and leflunomide, and are generally used in the first
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Combination therapy with at least two disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, such as methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine, or hydroxychloroquine, is often more
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One month of therapy with leflunomide costs $375 compared with $15 to $31 for sulfasalazine and $36 to $47 for methotrexate (figures based on average wholesale prices in Red Book
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Sulfasalazine is known as a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD)
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44% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 36% reported a negative A 2020 study compared treatment with mainly sulfasalazine and methotrexate in 187 people with PsA
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Other than glucocorticoids (steroids), DMARDs have been on the market the longest and have the most evidence to support their use
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44% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 36% reported a negative effect
Objective Evaluation of response to combination conventional synthetic DMARD (csDMARD) therapy with methotrexate (MTX) and sulfasalazine (SSZ) in active axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients without peripheral arthritis (group 1) as compared to active axSpA with peripheral arthritis (group 2), who are economically constrained for
At the baseline visit of WHI, compared with nonusers of methotrexate and sulfasalazine or methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine (n = 1109, 92%), combination therapy users (n = 92, 8%) were more likely to have a prevalent fracture (52% versus 40%, p = 0
44% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 36% reported a negative effect
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54% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 23% reported a negative Efficacy and safety of systemic methotrexate in two fixed doses of 10 mg or 25 mg orally once weekly in adult patients with severe plaque-type psoriasis: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, dose-ranging study
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