new drugs on the horizon for rheumatoid arthritis

December 1998

There's lots of excitement about all the new drugs on the horizon for rheumatoid arthritis...Arava, Enbrel, Celebrex, Vioxx.

Arava (leflunomide) is a new disease-modifying antirheumatic drug. Hoechst is marketing it now in the U.S...later in Canada.

It's for first-line therapy...as an alternative to methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine, etc.

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Table of Contents

Practice $10 to get patients to bring in their recalled EpiPens
New guidelines for managing diabetes have just been released
Infectious Diseases new strengths of Clavulin
Infectious Diseases higher doses of amoxicillin for acute otitis media in children
Interactions add carbamazepine (Tegretol) to the list of drugs that can interact with grapefruit juice
Women's Health Two new topical estrogen products have just hit the market
Women's Health The National Cancer Institute is now offering a "Risk Disk"
Pediatrics Robi Comb, a small electronic comb to "zap" head lice
Pediatrics using secretin for autism
Neurology & Pain restricting the use of Tasmar (tolcapone) due to reports of serious liver toxicity
which antiepileptic drugs interact with oral contraceptives (OCs)
Substance Use Disorder people getting addicted to OTC stimulants
Substance Use Disorder loosen restrictions on the synthetic THC, Marinol (dronabinol)
new drugs on the horizon for rheumatoid arthritis
backlash against all the drug ads to consumers
new question about whether St. John's wort might cause nerve toxicity