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JIA Treatment Options

Treatment of your child's disease involves many things. Physical and occupational therapy may be used to help restore lost joint motion, to keep joints flexible and active, to strengthen muscles, while helping to improve fitness and endurance. Medications are used to reduce inflammation, relieve swelling and pain, and control symptoms. Types of medications include:

  • Analgesics – such as acetaminophen
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – such as ibuprofen and naproxen.
  • Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)- such as methotrexate
  • Biologics - an advanced class of medications used to treat polyarticular JIA.

In more severe cases, surgeries may be performed to relieve pain, replace damaged joints, or help improve joint position.

Your child’s pediatric rheumatologist will decide on which treatment is right based on the needs and concerns of you and your child.

HUMIRA can help

HUMIRA (adalimumab), a biologic, can help block the bad effects of TNF, a protein made in the body. HUMIRA is used in children 4 years of age and older to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severe polyarticular JIA. HUMIRA can be used alone or with methotrexate or with certain other medicines.

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