Increases in use of methotrexate since the 1980s

CER4138
2010 Vol.28, N°5 ,Suppl.61
PI 0013, PF 0020
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PMID: 21044427 [PubMed]

Received: 06/09/2010
Accepted : 10/09/2010
In Press: 28/10/2010
Published: 28/10/2010

Abstract

In this chapter, we review the use of DMARDs in several clinical RA cohorts and databases between the 1970s and the 2000s. The DMARD profile in the QUEST-RA database provides an overview of clinical use of MTX in recent years in 25 countries. The data show that (I) MTX is currently the most frequently used DMARD in RA, and (II) that this development has taken about 20 years to emerge.