Word: infliximab
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...treat early and we treat aggressively." Today the most effective treatments for rheumatoid arthritis are combination therapies. Methotrexate, a cancer drug which has been used to treat RA for 30 years, is augmented by other drugs, including the recently developed but costly "biologics" such as etanercept (Enbrel), infliximab (Remicade) and anakinra (Kineret). These are genetically engineered versions of naturally occurring molecules that bind or block the activity of cytokines. Also in very early development are drugs designed to reduce the formation of the blood vessels that feed the tumor-like growth of the synovium...
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