EULAR guidelines--as well as ACR recommendations for RA management--are relatively agnostic as far as which biologic DMARD should be used to intensify RA therapy after a methotrexate or other synthetic DMARD failure. What factors do you consider when deciding whether an IL-6 inhibitor is the best option?

EULAR guidelines--as well as ACR recommendations for RA management--are relatively agnostic as far as which biologic DMARD should be used to intensify RA therapy after a methotrexate or other synthetic DMARD failure. What factors do you consider when deciding whether an IL-6 inhibitor is the best option?

The new EULAR guidelines—as well as ACR recommendations for RA management—are relatively agnostic as far as which biologic DMARD should be used to intensify RA therapy after a methotrexate or other synthetic DMARD failure. What factors do you consider when deciding whether an IL-6 inhibitor is the best option?


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Roy Fleischmann, MD

Roy Fleischmann, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Co-Director, Division of Rheumatology
Texas Health Presbyterian Medical Center and Co-Medical Director
Metroplex Clinical Research Center