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Несмотря на большие достижения в лечении ревматоидного артрита (РА), связанные с разработкой новых методов ранней диагностики, внедрением в клиническую практику широкого спектра инновационных лекарственных препаратов и особенно совершенствованием стратегии их применения, глюкокортикоиды (ГК) по-прежнему остаются важнейшим компонентом фармакотерапии этого заболевания в реальной клинической практике. В данной публикации, которая является продолжением серии статей, посвященных обсуждению основных положений рекомендаций Европейской антиревматической лиги (EULAR) 2013 г., касающихся лечения раннего РА, речь пойдет о месте ГК. Анализ имеющихся данных свидетельствует о том, что применение ГК при РА следует зарезервировать за пациентами с высокой активностью воспалительного процесса, имеющими факторы, которые ассоциируются с неблагоприятным прогнозом, но при отсутствии факторов риска нежелательных реакций (НР) и, разумеется, противопоказаний для терапии ГК. В течение всего времени применения ГК необходим тщательный мониторинг НР, который следует проводить согласно рекомендациям EULAR. Предполагается, что более широкое применение комбинированной терапии метотрексатом и ГК на ранней стадии РА позволит улучшить прогноз, по крайней мере у части пациентов, и добиться существенного снижения «стоимости» болезни, за счет как уменьшения риска инвалидности, так и потребности в назначении дорогостоящих генно-инженерных биологических препаратов и протезировании суставов. Все это вместе взятое подтверждает актуальность включения положения о возможности применения ГК в Рекомендации по лечению ревматоидного артрита Общероссийской общественной организации «Ассоциация ревматологов России» (2014).

Despite major advances in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whicare associated with the development of new methods for its early diagnosis, the clinical introduction of a wide range of innovative medications and particularly the improvement of a strategy for their use, glucocorticoids (GC) still remain the most important component of pharmacotherapy for this disease in real clinical practice. This publication that is a continuation of a series of papers devoted to the discussion of the main points of the 2013 European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) guidelines for the treatment of early RA, deals with the place of GC. An analysis of available data suggests that GC should be reserved for patients showing a high activity of the inflammatory process and having factors associated with a poor prognosis, but also, in the absence of risk factors for adverse events (AE), of course, contraindications to GC therapy. Throughout the use of GC, their AE should be meticulously monitored in compliance with the EULAR guidelines. It is anticipated that the wider use of combined therapy with methotrexate and a GC in earlyRA will be able to improve its prognosis in at least some patients and to cause a substantial decrease in the burden of disease, by reducing the risk of disability and the needs for expensive biological agents and joint replacement. All this confirms that it is relevant to include the proposition for using GC into the 2014 Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis of the AllRussian public organization “Association of Rheumatologists of Russia”. 

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