Biologics Help With Pain but Not Inflammation.

  • 12 years ago
http://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com Biologic Drugs help with pain but not inflammation in psoriatic arthritis

Nancy Walsh writing in Medpage Today reported on a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. "Psoriatic arthritis patients on biologic therapy reported a decrease in pain, but magnetic resonance imaging of their joints showed that there was still active disease," in "29 patients who responded to treatment with Humira, the patient perception of pain dropped markedly," however, bone erosion scores on MRI increased.

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