Pharmacology
A Traditional Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Fed Pract. 2009 November;26(11):E3
Traditional Chinese medicine has used extracts of the plant Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) to treat inflammatory diseases and other conditions. So could these extracts be as safe and effective as standard sulfasalazine therapy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?