What Are the Uses of Antirheumatic Drugs?


Before knowing what are antirheumatic drugs we have to know what is arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.


Rheumatoid arthritis is a state of body having severe pain in joints and damage in all over your body.  This joint pain and damage take place in parallel manner means equally on left and right side of body. For examples if there is joint pain or damage take place in your left leg or left hand most probably it will also take place in your right leg or right hand.

For the treatment of this state of body we need medication which we called as antirheumatic drugs. These are the drugs that fight against rheumatic arthritis. Now a days it is trend of DMARDs (Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs), they are well capable of reducing the inflammation of affected areas. On treatment with DMARDs patients can experience very less damage and joint pain as compare to earlier state.

Examples of Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs:

  • Sulfasalazine
  • Hydroxycholoquine
  • Minocycline
  • Leflunomide
  • Azathioprine
  • Cyclosporine
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Methotrexate
  • Mycophenolate

Some NSAIDs are also used in the treatment of rheumatic arthritis. They are well capable in reducing the joint pain and inflammation. For example- Ibuprofen, Aspirin, Naproxen sodium, Diclofenac, Ketorolac, Etodolac, Diflunisal, Meclofenamate, Mefenamic acid, Sulindac, etc. 

India have wide numbers of pharmaceuticals manufacturing companies who are manufacturing these general drugs. Affy group is a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer of general tablets, capsules, injection etc. in India. 

Source: What are the Role of Antirheumatic Drugs in Human Body

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