Effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) will interfere with the disease process at any time point, and will lead to a deflection of the slope of progression from its natural course. The ideal situation would be to diagnose and treat rheumatoid arthritis early; at best, before damage has occurred.Copyright information:Taken from "The need for prognosticators in rheumatoid arthritis. Biological and clinical markers: where are we now?"http://arthritis-research.com/content/10/3/208Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008;10(3):208-208.Published online 29 May 2008PMCID:PMC2483438.