Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are failing to control patients' pain adequately, and healthcare professionals are not fully addressing patients' concerns, new research suggests.
Data presented at the recent European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) annual congress in Paris, has highlighted a mismatch between the perceptions of patients and professionals as to what constitutes effective management of RA.1
The wrong focus
Rheumatologists who treat RA tend to monitor response to treatment by focusing on how many joints remain tender and swollen, and by the level of markers of active inflammatory disease in the circulation, study lead Dr Peter Taylor of The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College London, explained.
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