TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional schemes for treatment of psoriatic arthritis
AU - McHugh, Neil J
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Prior to the availability of biologic agents such as anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF), traditional treatment schemes for psoriatic arthritis were not extensively evaluated. While it appears that the newer forms of treatment are more effective, conventional agents still need to be scrutinized with similar methodology and will still have a role in those patients with less progressive disease, in combination with biologic agents, and in patients where biologics are not tolerated or have failed.
AB - Prior to the availability of biologic agents such as anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF), traditional treatment schemes for psoriatic arthritis were not extensively evaluated. While it appears that the newer forms of treatment are more effective, conventional agents still need to be scrutinized with similar methodology and will still have a role in those patients with less progressive disease, in combination with biologic agents, and in patients where biologics are not tolerated or have failed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70349911769&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.090224
U2 - 10.3899/jrheum.090224
DO - 10.3899/jrheum.090224
M3 - Article
SN - 0315-162X
VL - 83
SP - 49
EP - 51
JO - Journal of Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Rheumatology
IS - Suppl
ER -