Below is the list of the medications most commonly used in rheumatic diseases:
1. Inflammatory arthritis:
- methotrexate
- sulfasalazine
- leflunomide
- hydroxychloroguine
- biologics
- prednisone
- NSAIDs
- azathioprine
2. Connective tissue diseases (SLE, Sjogren’s syndrome, myositis):
- hydroxychloroquine
- methotrexate
- azathioprine
- mycophenolate mofetyl
- prednisone
- NSAIDs
- cyclophosphamide
- cyclosporine
- biologics (belimumab, rituximab)
- colchicine
3. Vasculitis:
- prednisone
- cyclophosphamide
- mycophenolate mofetil
- biologics
- methotrexate
- azathioprine
- thalidomide
- cyclosporine
- colchicine
4. Scleroderma:
- calcium channel blockers (nifedipine)
- ACE inhibitors (captopril)
- cyclophosphamide
- cyclosporine
- methotrexate
- prednisone
- vasodilators (bosentan, epoprostenol)
5. Gout:
- allopurinol
- uloric
- colchicine
- NSAIDs
- prednisone
- biologics (anakinra)