LAS VEGAS – When methotrexate doesn’t work in rheumatoid arthritis and patients are still suffering after their first tumor necrosis factor inhibitor, it’s worthwhile to try a second TNF inhibitor, according to Dr. Daniel Furst, the Carl M Pearson Professor in Rheumatology at University of California, Los Angeles.
Even just side effects from the first TNF inhibitor indicate that the second one might work, he said at the conference held by Global Academy for Medical Education.
Dr. Furst also explains in the video how to safely use steroids in RA patients, and when to move them to non–TNF inhibitor biologics.
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