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Resumen
El reciente concepto de “ventana de oportunidad” en el tratamiento de la artritis reumatoide (AR) temprana nos obliga a revisar el uso de los tratamientos tradicionales para utilizarlos de modo eficaz según los datos publicados, tempranamente y con agresividad. Los glucocorticoides (GC) se han utilizado durante años con grandes controversias por su papel en el manejo de los síntomas en la AR y por las limitaciones marcadas por su toxicidad. Este artículo revisa la literature médica en el campo concreto de la AR temprana e intenta clarificar la evidencia que hay detrás del uso de GC en la práctica clínica y sugerir una pauta de utilización en los primeros estadios de la enfermedad.
Palabras clave:
Artritis reumatoide temprana
Glucocorticoides
Ventana de oportunidad
Abstract
The recently introduced term of window of opportunity in the management of early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) lead us to review the effective and aggressive use of traditional therapies very early in the disease, following published evidence. The corticoids have been used for years, always with controversy, both because their role in the symptom management of RA and the limitations caused by their toxicity. This paper revises the medical literature in the field of early RA and attempts to clarify the evidence behind the use of corticosteroids in clinical practice and to suggest a guideline in the early stages of the disease.
Key words:
Early rheumatoid arthritis
Corticosteroids
Window of opportunity
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