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New Oral #RheumatoidArthritis Drug Works in Unique Way
An experimental drug called tofacitinib may help treat rheumatoid arthritis — and it’s taken as a pill, rather than as an injection or infusion.
In London, researchers reported results from a study in which rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients took tofacitnib or a placebo. Tofacitinib improved symptoms better than the placebo and worked quickly in patients who had not responded to other medicines.
In the drug’s study, side effects included infections, but most were mild, Kremer says. Four patients died during or after the trial, but the drug is not thought to be involved in most of those cases, and the researchers found the drug’s safety profile to be “acceptable.”
