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  Treatment and Medication Options for Rheumatoid Arthritis To treat RA, doctors aim to stop the progression of the disease by reducing symptoms, controlling inflammation, minimizing joint and organ damage, and improving physical function. Proven treatments include medication and physical therapy. Early, aggressive measures can help control symptoms and complications before the disease significantly worsens, by reducing or altogether stopping inflammation as quickly as possible. This strategy is essential to preventing disability, and it usually amounts to treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs, and sometimes more than one medication at a time. Medication Options   In recent years, there have been significant advancements in medicines for treating RA, but there is still no cure. Medications known as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are considered the gold standard for RA treatment. DMARDs can change or slow the progression of the dis...