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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Major Therapeutic Changes Needed More Often Than Provided in Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis

By Bob Kronemyer

Originally posted on Pain Medicine News

U.S. veterans with moderate to high rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity achieved significant clinical improvement after a major therapeutic change (MTC), according to a study in Arthritis Research and Therapy (2020;22[1]:253).

The researchers defined MTC as initiating or restarting a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) or prednisone, a DMARD or a prednisone dose increase of at least 25%, or two or more intra-articular corticosteroid