Explain why some drugs are classified as DMARDs. What is the difference between a DMARD and an NSAID?
What will be an ideal response?
Drugs that can actually change the course of a disease, making the disease less severe or progress more slowly, are called "disease-modifying." DMARDs slow the progression of rheumatoid arthritis. An NSAID does not change the underlying mechanism of rheumatoid arthritis or change the course of the disease; NSAIDs only relieve some of the symptomatology.
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An adult man on ventilatory support has just been intubated with a 7-mm oral endotracheal tube equipped with a high-residual-volume, low-pressure cuff
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