TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing the Safety of New Arthritis Drugs: Are We There Yet? JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2295 LP - 2297 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.080878 VL - 35 IS - 12 AU - SAMY SUISSA Y1 - 2008/12/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/35/12/2295.abstract N2 - The management of patients in rheumatology involves several classes of drugs, many of which have only recently been added to the physician’s armamentarium. Despite the proven effectiveness of these drugs, their safety profile remains largely unknown at the time of marketing, so that the balance between benefit and risk is often uncertain. Rheumatology has been at the center of concerns over drug safety, including the recent spotlight on the cardiovascular risks of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, numerous analgesics, and disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD). With today’s newest advances in information technology and the influx of new, costly drugs in rheumatology, it is… ER -