this study was designed to explore the complementary effects of a combination formulation of olive oil, olive and fig fruits on ra remission indicators. a randomized controlled clinical trial was designed. adult ra patients were randomly divided into two groups receiving routine disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (dmards) regimen (control group) and routine dmards regimen plus the herbal sup...

objective: periodontal diseases are common in the society and some researchers suggested an association between rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and periodontal diseases. the present study was carried out to evaluate the so-called association in iranian adults. materials and methods: in this case-control study, the samples were recruited from patients referred to loghman hospital, tehran, during 2004-...

d-penicillamine is one of the disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (dmards). drug-induced pemphigus is not frequently associated with d-penicillamine, and to date, the number of reported cases is about a hundred. most reports of d-penicillamine-induced pemphigus vulgaris are in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. it has rarely been reported in patients not taking d-penicillamine. we report a ...

background increases in aminotransferases (transaminitis) are potential major adverse reactions seen with long-term use of methotrexate (mtx). the aim of this study, therefore was to evaluate the incidence of mtx induced hepatotoxicity and its risk factors among rheumatoid arthritis (ra) patients. methods this retrospective study described 286 patients with ra who received ≤ 7.5 mg mtx weekly...

Background: There is increased awareness of the need for cardiovascular (CVS) risk monitoring in the Northern Ireland population in general, and amongst rheumatoid arthritis and SLE patients in particular, who have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease. No clear guidelines exist for cardiovascular risk monitoring in osteoporosis, and the prevalence and associations of known CVS risk fact...

non typhoidal salmonellae spp. causes clinical symptoms especially in neonates, infants, aged and immunocompromised patients. hematogenous dissemination may occur in complicated cases whereas the formation of abscess is rare. a 61-year old woman presented to our hospital with pain and a mass in her left arm, without fever and leukocytosis. she was using methotrexate, corticosteroids and quinine...

conclusions considering the results of this study, although having h. pylori infection in ra patients was accompanied with higher number of inflamed and tender joints, but h. pylori eradication did not improve patients’ clinical symptoms and laboratory tests. it seems that the effect of h. pylori infection eradication over disease activity in ra patients is not remarkable, if it does exist at a...