Channel: Professor Dave Explains

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Description: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that primarily attacks the lining of the joints. While we are familiar with NSAIDs for their anti-inflammatory properties, with RA a much more useful class of drugs is DMARDs, or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. These can be of two varieties, small molecule, and biologic. What are the differences between these classes, and how do they operate? Let's take a look! Script by Chris Hofmann Watch the whole Pharmacology playlist: bit.ly/ProfDavePharma General Chemistry Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology/Genetics Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveBio Anatomy & Physiology Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveAnatPhys Biopsychology Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveBiopsych Microbiology/Infectious Diseases Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveMicrobio History of Drugs Videos: bit.ly/ProfDaveHistoryDrugs Immunology Tutorials: bit.ly/ProfDaveImmuno EMAIL► ProfessorDaveExplains@gmail.com PATREON► patreon.com/ProfessorDaveExplains Check out "Is This Wi-Fi Organic?", my book on disarming pseudoscience! Amazon: amzn.to/2HtNpVH Bookshop: bit.ly/39cKADM Barnes and Noble: bit.ly/3pUjmrn Book Depository: bit.ly/3aOVDlT