"Antirheumatic Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs that are used to treat RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D018501
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.329
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| Concept/Terms |
Antirheumatic Agents- Antirheumatic Agents
- Anti-Rheumatic Drugs
- Anti Rheumatic Drugs
- Antirheumatic Drugs
- Anti-Rheumatic Agents
- Anti Rheumatic Agents
Antirheumatic Drugs, Disease-Modifying- Antirheumatic Drugs, Disease-Modifying
- Antirheumatic Drugs, Disease Modifying
- DMARD
- Disease-Modifying, Antirheumatic Second-Line Drugs
- Disease Modifying, Antirheumatic Second Line Drugs
- Antirheumatic Disease-Modifying Second-Line Drugs
- Antirheumatic Disease Modifying Second Line Drugs
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
- Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Antirheumatic Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Antirheumatic Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antirheumatic Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Partial bone erosion repair is independently associated with functional improvement in early rheumatoid arthritis: a 2-year prospective high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) longitudinal study. RMD Open. 2026 Sep 28; 12(3).
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Oral glucocorticoid treatment for checkpoint inhibitor-associated inflammatory arthritis does not affect cancer progression-free survival: a RADIOS Registry study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2026 Sep; 85(9):1879-1889.
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Reassessing the prevalence of monophasic, polyphasic and persistent disease courses in still's disease. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2026 Apr; 77:152928.
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Comparative safety of biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for cardiovascular outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025 06 01; 64(6):3434-3443.
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Effects of Secukinumab on Enthesiophyte and Erosion Progression in Psoriatic Arthritis: A One-Year Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Using High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 08; 77(8):1015-1025.
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Use of Biologic or Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Cancer Risk. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 11 04; 7(11):e2446336.
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Safety and efficacy of tofacitinib for the treatment of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: preliminary results of an open-label, long-term extension study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2024 Oct 21; 83(11):1561-1571.
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Designing target trials using electronic health records: A case study of second-line disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and cardiovascular disease outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. PLoS One. 2024; 19(6):e0305467.
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Disease-Modifying Drugs for Adult-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis. JAMA. 2024 03 26; 331(12):1055-1056.
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JAK inhibitors and black box warnings: what is the future for JAK inhibitors? Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2023 Jul-Dec; 19(11):1385-1397.