Boston (DbTechNo) - According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certain rheumatoid arthritis drugs taken by children may raise their risk of developing cancer.
For those of you who think that arthritis only effects the elderly, think again as millions of young people are also living with the condition.
Drugs to treat arthritis are from a class of drugs called TNF blockers, and the FDA is demanding tougher warnings on the labels of these drugs.
They cited results from 48 previously performed studies dealing with children with arthritis taking these TNF blockers.
Results showed that in the children taking the drugs, their risk of developing cancer was much greater than those not taking the drugs.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease classified as an autoimmune disease, in which the body’s own immune system attacks the body resulting in inflamed and very painful joints.
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