so… are steroids being used more or lessin rheumatoid arthritis nowadays… steroid use in ra more commonnancy walsh writing in medpage today reported that more patients with rheumatoid arthritistoday are initiating treatment with glucocorticoids (gcs) early in the course of disease thanwas the case 20 years ago, a retrospective study found.during the first year of disease, 68% of patients
betamethasone injection, diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis between1995 and 2007 started gcs compared with 36% of those diagnosed between 1980 and 1994 (p<0.001),according to ashima makol, md, and colleagues from the mayo clinic in rochester, minn.however, the doses have remained similar, with mean starting doses of 8.7 mg/day and10.3 mg/day in the later and earlier cohorts,
respectively.these findings may reflect shifting patterns of rheumatoid arthritis treatment, away froma "step-up" approach toward an early, aggressive, treat-to-target approach.comment: personally, i think low dose prednisone is a good bridge to use.
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