Biologic drugs
Which biologic do you feel is best for RA?
Hi,
. I think you will find that is a tough question to answer because everyone seems to respond differently to RA meds. What helps one person might have no impact on another. That is why it is so hard for doctors to find effective treatments for their patients. It's a game of trial and error. Have you tried any biologics yet? Wishing you the best. - Lori (Team Member) BEEN ON CIMZIA, ENBREL, HUMIRA, AND NOW ACTEMRA!!!
Hi
. That's a lot of biologics. Have you been on Actemra long? Is it helping? Wishing you the best. - Lori (Team Member)
Hi
. First, let me echo about RA being particularly individualistic and responding differently to treatments. I do want to note that there is hope in research that examines biomarkers and individual cellular composition in RA patients to discover particular RA drivers for the individual and enable a higher level of precision medicine. Efforts are being made to develop tests that will tell a doctor what medication is most likely to effectively treat the individual patient. This very recent article (sorry, only the abstract is available in a free format) looks at advances in RA precision medicine. Some of this is a ways from actual patient use, but I wanted to let you know that it is happening and that the hope is real. Best, Richard (RheumatoidArthritis.net Team)
