Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs/Definition

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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