{"title":"Tocilizumab — IL-6 inhibition for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis","authors":"Professor Paul Emery MA, MD, FRCP, Rhonda Siddall","doi":"10.1002/fps.41","DOIUrl":"10.1002/fps.41","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Affecting approximately 400 000 people in England and Wales,<sup>1</sup> rheumatoid arthritis (RA) creates a considerable economic burden. NICE estimates that five years after diagnosis, 40% of RA patients will be incapable of work.<sup>1</sup> Some treatment options for RA look to control inflammation in order to rein in the disease. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) invokes inflammation via TNF-α, although the reason for this is unknown. Some researchers are beginning to turn their attention to IL-6 in their search for novel RA treatments, and believe that drugs inhibiting this inflammatory cytokine could halt disease progression. In this article, we consider tocilizumab, an IL-6 inhibitor. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.</p>","PeriodicalId":100566,"journal":{"name":"Future Prescriber","volume":"10 1","pages":"5-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/fps.41","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73490220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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