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  2. Gold-containing drugs - Wikipedia

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    Research on the medicinal effects of gold began in 1935, [2] primarily to reduce inflammation and to slow disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The use of gold compounds has decreased since the 1980s because of numerous side effects and monitoring requirements, limited efficacy, and very slow onset of action.

  3. Auranofin - Wikipedia

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    Auranofin is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.It improves arthritis symptoms including painful or tender and swollen joints and morning stiffness. [5] Auranofin is a safer treatment compared to the more common injectable gold thiolates (gold sodium thiomalate and gold thioglucose), but meta-analysis of 66 clinical trials concluded that it is somewhat less effective.

  4. Sodium aurothiomalate - Wikipedia

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    Sodium aurothiomalate (INN, known in the United States as gold sodium thiomalate) is a gold compound that is used for its immunosuppressive anti-rheumatic effects. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Along with an orally-administered gold salt, auranofin , it is one of only two gold compounds currently employed in modern medicine.

  5. Aurothioglucose - Wikipedia

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    In 1935, gold drugs were reported to be effective for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. [1] Although many patients reacted positively to the drug, gold thioglucose was not uniformly effective. Only one gold drug remains in active clinical use for this purpose in the United States: auranofin although sodium aurothiomalate (gold sodium ...

  6. Aurotioprol - Wikipedia

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    This drug article relating to the musculoskeletal system is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  7. Antiarthritics - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of a Hand affected by Rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disease that's caused by an autoimmune condition. The condition occurs when bodily cells begin to attack and target their own healthy joint tissues resulting in redness, inflammation, and pain.

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