laporan tahunan hospital selayang.indd - CRC
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5.2 TYPES OF DMARDS USED<br />
PRELIMINARY REPORT: APRIL 2009 - AUGUST 2010<br />
National Infl ammatory Arthritis Registry (NIAR)<br />
Methotrexate (MTX) being the anchor drug in the treatment of Rheumatoid<br />
Arthri s was used in 86.6% of pa ents. This was followed by sulphasalazine<br />
(SSZ) at 69.5% and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) at 34.6%. The use of Lefl unomide<br />
was 24.1%. The other less commonly used drugs for example cyclosporine,<br />
penicillamine, azathioprine and cyclophosphamide were used in 2.7% of the<br />
pa ents.<br />
100%<br />
90%<br />
80%<br />
70%<br />
60%<br />
50%<br />
40%<br />
30%<br />
20%<br />
10%<br />
0%<br />
86.6<br />
69.5<br />
5.3 USE OF COMBINATION DMARDS<br />
24.1<br />
34.6<br />
2.7<br />
MTX SSZ HCQ Others<br />
Figure 18: Types of DMARDS used<br />
697 of pa ents were on combina on DMARDS. The distribu on of pa ents<br />
using the various combina on DMARDS are shown in the fi gure below.<br />
20.44%<br />
24.6%<br />
35.45%<br />
Figure 19: Combina on DMARDS used<br />
MTX + SSZ<br />
MTX + Lefl unomide<br />
MTX + SSZ + HCQ<br />
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