Patients who take methotrexate for a variety of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and pause taking the drug following receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine dose did not have a higher risk of disease flare ...

SaveHealth reports on common rheumatoid arthritis medications, highlighting their effectiveness, side effects, and cost ...

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) has issued new guidelines on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, addressing questions about initial treatment with methotrexate and minimizing reliance on ...

Methotrexate is usually the first medicine given for rheumatoid arthritis, but certain side effects require immediate medical ...

Methotrexate is a strong medicine. The FDA approved it to treat adults with severe, disabling psoriasis that cannot be controlled with medicine applied to the skin or light treatments. Methotrexate ...

In July 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the labeling of Krystexxa (pegloticase; Horizon Therapeutics), a PEGylated uric acid-specific enzyme, to include coadministration with ...

Patients with Wegener's granulomatosis often undergo treatment with cyclophosphamide in order to induce disease remission. Methotrexate and leflunomide have been proposed for maintaining remission ...

Investigators report findings from the MIRROR RCT trial, which compared pegloticase plus methotrexate vs placebo for uncontrolled gout. Methotrexate added to pegloticase for uncontrolled gout does not ...

New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that tuberculosis (TB) screening and ongoing clinical care is needed for people on methotrexate ...

Prednisone is recommended as the first-line treatment for pulmonary sarcoidosis, but this steroid causes a number of unwanted side effects. Now new research published at the ATS 2025 International ...

Methotrexate is a chemotherapeutic agent used as medical therapy for the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Although it is most commonly administered intramuscularly, obstetricians may inject the ...

Noraa Wise is living with a rare, autoimmune bone disease that causes pain in her ribs. She describes it as feeling like needles. The 10-year-old Indiana girl struggled before she started taking ...