Rheumatologists’ Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug Preferences for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Survey in Nigeria

MTX remains the DMARD of first choice for RA among Nigerian rheumatologists. Conventional synthetic DMARDs are the commonly available, widely used, and still effective armamentarium for RA in resource-poor settings like Nigeria. bDMARDs prescription rate for RA remains low in Nigeria.

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Annals of African Medicine
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2025-08-04
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https://doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_98_25
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
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Rheumatologists’ Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug Preferences for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Survey in Nigeria

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Abstract

MTX remains the DMARD of first choice for RA among Nigerian rheumatologists. Conventional synthetic DMARDs are the commonly available, widely used, and still effective armamentarium for RA in resource-poor settings like Nigeria. bDMARDs prescription rate for RA remains low in Nigeria.

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Enugu State University of Science and Technology (NG), University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (NG)
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