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Everyone seems to be scared of biologics, but the truth is the significantly safer traditional DMARDs such MTX and even NSAIDs. Are there risks involved? Yes. However, pharmaceutical companies are required to list everything that occurs during phase II and greater even if they have no correlation to the drug itself. The truth is your disease itself carries a higher risk of medical problems over the general populous. The only real concerns of biologics is tuberculosis, hepatitis, and flares of other autoimmune diseases.
Biologics are typically reserved for severe disease because of cost. Also, traditional DMARDs do not help with spondylolisthesis (not sure about DMF). The only crime here is not pursuing a drug that prevent your disease from getting worse.
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Biologics are typically reserved for severe disease because of cost. Also, traditional DMARDs do not help with spondylolisthesis (not sure about DMF). The only crime here is not pursuing a drug that prevent your disease from getting worse.
*This thread is closed. All introductions are closed after 90 days to save confusion.
You are welcome to start new threads in any other sections of your choice.