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  • Title: [Combined immunomodulating therapy in rheumatoid arthritis].
    Author: Oliunin IuA, Balabanova RM.
    Journal: Ter Arkh; 1996; 68(5):13-6. PubMed ID: 9082588.
    Abstract:
    Monotherapy with methotrexate (MT) was compared to combined therapy MT+tactivin (T) in a 2-year clinical trial including 127 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MT was given to 88 patients in a weekly dose 7.5 mg. In 39 patients this dose was given in combination with subcutaneous injections of T (100 micrograms two times a week for a months, then once a week). Both treatments induced a significant decline in severity of arthralgia, in the number of joints with inflammation, in the level of C-reactive protein and in ESR. Morning stiffness and pains in the joints at palpation were achieved after MT+T combination. Side effects were similar in both treatments.
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