[The treatment experience of rheumatoid arthritis patients in an industrial region of the Donets Basin]. / Dosvid likuvannia khvorykh na revmatoïdnyi artryt v umovakh promyslovoho rehionu Donbasu.

The data submitted suggest that the most effective option in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is simultaneous employment of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent and metatrexate for 1.5 yr and courses of hormonotherapy, exercise therapy, and topical application to the joints of compresses with dimexide, heparin, and analginum as required and ultrasound with hydrocortisone as well. There was no increase in disability rates among patients with rheumatoid arthritis placed on the above combined treatment, which fact is also related to improvement of diagnosis rheumatoid arthritis, well-timed case follow-up, and prescription of courses of prophylactic treatment.