Rheumatoid Arthritis: Medications

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  • Infliximab

    06/13/08, Healthwise

    Before you start treatment with infliximab, your doctor may perform tests to make sure you do not have tuberculosis or other infections.

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  • Celecoxib (oral)

    09/12/08, Healthwise

    This medicine can increase your risk of life-threatening heart or circulation problems, including heart attack or stroke. This risk will increase the longer you use celecoxib. Do not use this medicine just before or after having heart bypass surgery

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  • Valdecoxib

    02/22/07, Healthwise

    Valdecoxib (Bextra) was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 2005.

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  • Antimalarial medications for lupus

    05/13/08, Healthwise

    These medications reduce inflammation. (While they are also used to prevent or treat malaria, there is no known relationship between lupus and malaria.)

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  • Gold salts for rheumatoid arthritis

    08/18/08, Healthwise

    It is not understood exactly how gold works to treat rheumatoid arthritis. But gold salts appear to accumulate slowly in the body and, over time, they reduce inflammation and slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis.

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  • Azathioprine

    11/28/07, Healthwise

    Taking azathioprine may increase your risk of developing cancer. Talk with your doctor about your specific risk.

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  • Tolmetin

    09/12/08, Healthwise

    This medicine can increase your risk of life-threatening heart or circulation problems, including heart attack or stroke. This risk will increase the longer you use tolmetin. Do not use this medicine just before or after having heart bypass surgery (

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  • Sulfasalazine

    05/21/08, Healthwise

    Before using sulfasalazine, tell your doctor if you have asthma, kidney or liver disease, or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency.

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  • Aurothioglucose

    02/13/04, Healthwise

    Call your doctor immediately if you experience itching, a rash, a sore mouth, indigestion, a metallic taste in your mouth, severe or bloody diarrhea, easy bruising or a nosebleed. These could be early signs of a toxic effect.

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  • Salsalate

    02/13/04, Healthwise

    Watch for bloody, black, or tarry stools or blood in your vomit. These symptoms could indicate damage to the stomach.

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