Good news this week as researchers found that "patients prescribed drugs to treat rheumatoid arthritis could be at a reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes", according to a study published in the open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy.
"An international team of researchers led by Antonio Naranjo of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, and colleagues in Argentina, Europe, and the USA have analyzed data from the QUEST-RA (Quantitative Patient Questionnaires in Standard Monitoring of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis) study. From this study, including 4,363 patients from 48 sites in 15 countries, the team has examined the causes and effects of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as the potential benefits of medications."
Rheumatoid arthritis is a known risk factor for hardening of the arteries and so can lead to stroke and heart attacks occurring in sufferers ten years earlier than in people without the condition. Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99670.php
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