Guideline
Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management
Rheumatoid arthritis in adults: management - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing rheumatoid arthritis. It aims to improve quality of life by ensuring that people with rheumatoid arthritis have the right treatment to slow the progression of their condition and control their symptoms. People should also have rapid access to specialist care if their condition suddenly worsens.
NICE has also produced technology appraisal guidance on drug treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
In October 2020, we amended the ‘treat to target’ recommendations to clarify that multiple disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs can be offered one after the other to achieve treatment targets.