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Chinese Herbs for Rheumatoid Arthritis

A Chinese herb named tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) has been compared for monotherapy and combined therapy with methotrexate (MTX) in a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial treating active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. The authors concluded that TwHF was found to be non-inferior to MTX in monotherapy and MTX + TwHF was superior to MTX in controlling disease activity.

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Source: pharmacydaily.com.au, Tuesday 29 April 2014