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Drug Approvals

Celecoxib (Celebrex) was approved in December 2006 for treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). It is not recommended for patients with systemic onset JRA, a more serious form of the disease.
Rituximab (Rituxan) was approved in April 2006 for treatment of adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have failed to respond to anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) drugs. In December 2006, the FDA warned that rituximab has been associated with cases of progressive mu...

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Expert & Community Posts

Can Spinal or neck arthritis lead to headaches?

By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...pain. The most common cause of chronic neck pain is facet joint disease. The facet joints are... Read more »

Why Your Joints Are Stiff or Painful in the Morning

By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...move around and are used. In the spine, the small facet joints are a common source of arthritis... Read more »

How to Tell if Neck Pain Is Neck Arthritis

By Grant Cooper , Health Expert

...Ø Muscle strain Ø Ligament sprain/strain Ø Facet joint capsule micro-tear Ø ... Read more »

Joy Fawcett: the Olympics, Soccer and RA

By Lene Andersen , Health Expert

Joy Fawcett has played for the U.S. Women's soccer team in three Olympics -- 1996 in Atlanta, 2000... Read more »

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Health Guide

Referred Pain: Can it be treated by Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)?

Leg pain, arm pain, and even headaches can all be referred from the facet joints in the spine. These small joints connect each vertebral body. Like other joints in the body, the facet joints can wear... Read more »

Back Pain and Sciatica: Surgery

...groups.Radiofrequency Nerve Destruction. Radiofrequencies are being used to destroy nerves involved in the facet joints (or z-joints), which connect the vertebrae. Evidence is still weak on its... Read more »

Back Pain and Sciatica: References

...SG, Chatziioannou SN, Hipp JA, Moore WH, Esses SI. Low back pain: prediction of short-term outcome of facet joint injection with bone scintigraphy. Radiology. 2006 Feb;238(2):693-8.Sherman KJ,... Read more »

Gout: Risk Factors

The first step in diagnosing the disease is to determine which joints are affected. A physical examination and medical history can help confirm or rule out gout. For example, gout is more... Read more »

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Treatment

The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis involves medications and lifestyle changes.General Guidelines for Drug TreatmentsMany drugs are used for managing the pain and slowing the progression... Read more »

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