METHOD OF TREATING PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61N5/67 A61K31/00 A61P19/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to rheumatology, and can be used in treating patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The method involves prescribing methotrexat 15 mg a week per os, folic acid 5 mg a week per os, movalis 15 mg a day per os. If the patient has the second degree of activity of rheumatoid arthritis, IL-1β of 1.3±0.3 pg/ml and more, IL-6 of 1.5±0.3 pg/ml and more, TNF-α of 1.78±0.35 pg/ml and more, IL-4 of 3.7±0.34 pg/ml and less, leptine of 6.4±0.42 pg/ml and more, glycosaminoglycans of 0.310±0.032 g/l, 7 daily procedures of intravenous laser exposure are prescribed. The KL-VLOK radiation head with a wavelength of 635 nm, disposable light guide tip power of 1.5 mW, exposure time of 15 minutes is alternated every second day with the KL-VLOK-365 laser head for UV blood exposure with a wavelength of 365 nm, light guide tip power of 1.0 mW and exposure time of 5 minutes. If observing the third degree of activity, IL-1β of 2.01±0.18 pg/ml and more, IL-6 of 3.01±0.38 pg/ml and more, TNF-α of 3.3±0.25 pg/ml and more, IL-4 of 1.3±0.24 pg/ml and less, leptine of 8.8±0.72 pg/ml and more, glycosaminoglycans of 1.3±0.54 g/l, 10 daily procedures are performed. The KL-VLOK radiation head with a wavelength of 635 nm, disposable light guide tip power of 1.5-2.0 mW, exposure time of 15 minutes is alternated every second day with the KL-VLOK-365 laser head for UV blood exposure with a wavelength of 365 nm, light guide tip power of 1.0 mW and exposure time of 5 minutes.

EFFECT: method enables reducing a rate of aggravations, an intensity of clinical manifestations, drug load on the patient, prolonging remissions ensured by a normalising effect on cytokine dynamics - reduced pro-inflammatory and increased anti-inflammatory cytokines.

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