Resumen

DOMINGUEZ HERNANDEZ, Liliana; HOHLATCHEFF AVILA, Ana Laura  y  MONTIEL HERNANDEZ, José Luis. Pharmaceutical vs. alternative treatment in the rheumatoid arthritis patients. Rev. mex. cienc. farm [online]. 2012, vol.43, n.2, pp.23-30. ISSN 1870-0195.

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune and progressive disease, of multifactorial etiology and characterized by inflammation, pain and bone erosion in the peripheral joints. The most common therapeutic treatments included the employ of allopathic drugs (AINES, DMARDs and biological), which allow a control of symptoms and development of the disease in patients. However, an elevated number of patients also employ non-conventional or alternative treatments (CAMs), deriving in very different and sometimes undesirable clinical responses. In this review we compare the pharmacologic treatments and alternative treatments according with the scientific evidences of its effect in the RA patients.

Palabras llave : rheumatoid arthritis; treatment; inflammation; drug; CAMs.

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