THE LONG-TERM USE OF D-PENICILLAMINE FOR TREATING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: IS CONTINUOUS THERAPY NECESSARY?
1993
Patients with RA often fail to comply with their therapy. We investigated the extent of non-compliance with D-penicillamine therapy and also whether patients needed continuous treatment after they had shown a therapeutic response. We developed a simple urinary test, measuring cysteine-penicillamine mixed disulphide by a high performance liquid chromatography technique, as an indicator of compliance. Using this method we evaluated compliance in 59 consecutive RA patients attending rheumatology outpatients for monitoring of D-penicillamine therapy. Evidence of poor compliance was shown in 39%. There was no relationship between poor compliance and disease activity
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