What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, is a common form of arthritis. It’s also an autoimmune disorder, meaning your immune system mistakenly attacks your tissues and joints. In RA, the lining of joints is affected and swells. Typically, it affects many different joints throughout the body and can cause damage to the cartilage, bone, tendons and ligaments of the joints.
RA is a chronic disease, meaning once you are diagnosed you will have RA for the rest of your life. Symptoms may change day by day, but some degree of arthritis is always present. Some people experience RA in flares—with periods of severe symptoms (flares) and then periods of mild symptoms. In some patients, the disease is continuously active and gets worse over time.
Infusion Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis
ACTEMRA® (tocilizumab)
AVSOLA® (infliximab-axxq)
CIMZIA® (certolizumab pegol)
ORENCIA® (abatacept)
REMICADE® (infliximab)
RENFLEXIS® (infliximab-abda)
RITUXAN® (rituximab)
RUXIENCE® (rituximab-pvvr)
SIMPONI® (golimumab)
TRUXIMA® (rituximab-abbs)