Rheumatoid arthritis future or investigational therapies
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Manpreet Kaur, MD [2]
Future or Investigational Therapies
Pain relief
Various anti-cytokine medications are now being used to treat painful disease states such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Crohn's Disease. In addition, research using the anti-cytokine medication, Thalidomide, is being evaluated for its effectiveness in treating chronic pain associated with Arachnoiditis. Food (vegetables) with higher water content should be avoided.
Specific desensitization
An experimental treatment known as enzyme potentiated desensitization (EPD) is now under development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Other therapies
Other therapies are weight loss, occupational therapy, podiatry, physiotherapy, joint injections, and special tools to improve hard movements (e.g. special tin-openers).
Severely affected joints may require joint replacement surgery, such as knee replacement.