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A disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug (DMOAD) is a disease-modifying drug that would inhibit or even reverse the progression of osteoarthritis. [1] Since the main hallmark of osteoarthritis is cartilage loss, a typical DMOAD would prevent the loss of cartilage and potentially regenerate it.
This list of over 500 monoclonal antibodies includes approved and investigational drugs as well as drugs that have been withdrawn from market; consequently, the column Use does not necessarily indicate clinical usage. See the list of FDA-approved therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in the monoclonal antibody therapy page.
When treatment with DMARDs fails, cyclophosphamide or steroid pulse therapy is often used to stabilise uncontrolled autoimmune disease. Some severe autoimmune diseases are being treated with bone marrow transplants in clinical trials , usually after cyclophosphamide therapy has failed.
Firocoxib, sold under the brand names Equioxx and Previcox among others, is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the COX-2 inhibitor (coxib) class, approved for use in horses (Equioxx) and for use in dogs (Previcox). [2] [4] [9] Firocoxib was the first COX-2 inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for horses. [10]
The FDA approved AbbVie Inc's (NYSE: ABBV) Rinvoq (upadacitinib; 15 mg) for active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Like Pfizer Inc's (NYSE: PFE) approval for Xeljanz, Rinvoq's approval also covers ...
An antiarthritic is any drug used to relieve or prevent arthritic symptoms, such as joint pain or joint stiffness. Depending on the antiarthritic drug class, it is used for managing pain, reducing inflammation or acting as an immunosuppressant. These drugs are typically given orally, topically or through administration by injection.
A popular arthritis medication for dogs has sickened thousands of pets and likely caused others to die, the Food and Drug Administration said in an urgent warning.
Mavrilimumab is a human monoclonal antibody [1] that inhibits human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor (GM-CSF-R). [2]Mavrilimumab was discovered as CAM-3001 by Cambridge Antibody Technology and is being developed by MedImmune, Inc. [1] as an investigational drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis