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Drugs that directly affect the underlying autoimmune processes in [[rheumatology|rheumatological disease]], rather than act simply as analgesics or nonspecific antiinflammatories; they include gold compounds (e.g., aurothioglucose), [[antimalarial]]s, [[penicillamine]], and [[monoclonal antibody|monoclonal antibodies]] against [[tissue necrosis factor-alpha]] and other immunochemicals
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Drugs that directly affect the underlying autoimmune processes in [[rheumatology|rheumatological disease]], rather than act simply as analgesics or nonspecific antiinflammatories; they include gold compounds (e.g., aurothioglucose), [[antimalarial]]s, [[penicillamine]], and [[monoclonal antibody|monoclonal antibodies]] against [[tumor necrosis factor-alpha]] and other immunochemicals

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Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs [r]: Drugs that directly affect the underlying autoimmune processes in rheumatological disease, rather than act simply as analgesics or nonspecific antiinflammatories; they include gold compounds (e.g., aurothioglucose), antimalarials, penicillamine, and monoclonal antibodies against tumor necrosis factor-alpha and other immunochemicals