Patients who take methotrexate for a variety of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and pause taking the drug following receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine dose did not have a higher risk of disease flare ...

Methotrexate is usually the first medicine given for rheumatoid arthritis, but certain side effects require immediate medical ...

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has issued new guidelines on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, addressing questions about initial treatment with methotrexate and minimizing reliance on ...

Many U.S. states have implemented bans or restrictions on abortion, including those conducted via medication, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. But some medications that ...

In July 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the labeling of Krystexxa (pegloticase; Horizon Therapeutics), a PEGylated uric acid-specific enzyme, to include coadministration with ...

SaveHealth reports on common rheumatoid arthritis medications, highlighting their effectiveness, side effects, and cost ...

Methotrexate is a chemotherapeutic agent used as medical therapy for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Although it is most commonly administered intramuscularly, obstetricians may inject the ...

Prednisone is recommended as the first-line treatment for pulmonary sarcoidosis, but this steroid causes a number of unwanted side effects. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International ...

Adalimumab monotherapy and combination with methotrexate showed similar drug survival and PASI75 response rates in plaque psoriasis patients. Methotrexate reduced antidrug antibody levels but did not ...

New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that tuberculosis (TB) screening and ongoing clinical care is needed for people on methotrexate ...

Patients with Wegener's granulomatosis often undergo treatment with cyclophosphamide in order to induce disease remission. Methotrexate and leflunomide have been proposed for maintaining remission ...

Noraa Wise is living with a rare, autoimmune bone disease that causes pain in her ribs. She describes it as feeling like needles. The 10-year-old Indiana girl struggled before she started taking ...