Recent advances in the opioid mu receptor based pharmacotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis

This new textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific and clinical aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Split into eight sections—history, diagnosis, and epidemiology; pathogenesis; clinical presentation; disease assessment; impact on life; non-drug treatments; drug treatments; and management and outcomes—it collects the contemporary ideas about RA and explains the revolutionary changes that have taken place over the past two decades, and indicates areas of future research. Witten by leading clinicians and scientists in the field, each chapter gives a detailed background, key recent advances, areas of doubt, and future directions of research.