Tocilizumab, marketed as Actemra, is taken by patients with rheumatoid arthritis It reduces inflammation, which is considered a complication of COVID-19 It causes lung damage and organ failure, eventually death in most cases Chinese doctors gave it to 20 patients during the peak of the countries epidemic Nineteen were discharged within 14 days despite being...
A drug currently being trialed for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has the potential to be the first ever drug to prevent aortic valve stenosis, a common and deadly heart condition that is estimated to affect around 50 percent of elderly adults in the United States. Researchers may have discovered a drug that can prevent...
When a new remedy for rheumatoid arthritis arrived, ads called it a “unique” breakthrough that would “transform expectations” for patients and doctors. “If I knew then what I know now about rheumatoid arthritis, I would have been more proactive,” said one young woman, pictured happily kayaking. Treatments for the disabling disease afflicting about 1.5 million...
