Antirheumatic Therapy: Actions and Outcomes (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Day, Richard O.; Bresnihan, Barry; Riel, Piet L. C. M. Van; Furst, Daniel E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book gives a comprehensive overview of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). The introductory general chapters deal with the chemistry of DMARDs, their use in therapy, pharmacoeconomics, and a survey of opinion leaders in the field; the following specific chapters characterize each agent with regard to mechanism of action, therapy, pharmacology, efficacy, toxicity, and monitoring. For each agent some background is given, recent developments and influence of the treatment on patients` quality of life and long-term outcomes are presented.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Basel
• Seitenzahl: 343
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783764377267
• Artikelnr.: 44133358

Autorenporträt

Richard O. Day, St. Vincents`s Hospital Sydney, Australia / Daniel E. Furst, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, USA / Piet L. Van Riel, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Inhaltsangabe

Medicinal chemistry of the disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.- Targeting DMARD therapy.- Pharmacoeconomic properties of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.- Future molecular targets.- Hydroxychloroquine.- Sulfasalazine.- Parenteral gold.- Azathioprine.- Methotrexate.- Leflunomide.- Cyclosporin.- Tetracyclines.- Systemic glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis.- TNF-? inhibitors.- Anakinra in rheumatoid arthritis.- Combination therapy.- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases.