Question 368 · LEK · Rheumatoid arthritis
The first-choice drugs that inhibit the progress of rheumatic arthritis are:
- A. non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- B. glucocorticoids.
- C. synthetic drugs that modify the course of the disease (e.g. methotrexate).
- D. biological drugs that modify the course of the disease (e.g. TNF inhibitors).
- E. A and B are true.
Hint
Choose the drug class that slows joint damage and is started first, before more costly targeted agents.
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