New recommendations from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) recommend use of exercise, physical rehabilitation and diet, in tandem with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
“This is the first guideline by the ACR on integrative interventions in RA,” guideline co-author Bryant R. England, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, told Pain