Penicillamine - DMARDS | Arthritis Information

Jesse - this is for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-penicillamine

Penicillamine is a pharmaceutical of the chelator class. It is sold under the trade names of Cuprimine and Depen. The pharmaceutical form is D-penicillamine, as L-penicillamine is toxic (it inhibits the action of pyridoxine). It is a metabolite of penicillin, although it has no antibiotic properties.

Penicillamine is used as a form of immunosuppression to treat rheumatoid arthritis. It works by reducing numbers of T-lymphocytes, inhibiting macrophage function, decreasing IL-1, decreasing rheumatoid factor, and preventing collagen from cross-linking.

And, all the DMARDS listed in Wikipedia. with parity:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatoid_arthritis#Disease_modifying_anti-rheumatic_drugs_.28DMARDs.29

Traditional small molecular mass drugs:

I see MTX, Plaquenil, Minocin, Penicillin, and some I don't recognize. A drug for each individual snowflake in here. I don't quite understand what happened today, but I am sure glad it happened, because I learned more from reading today's posts from such wonderful researchers than I have in a long time, and that I want to say thank you. Cathy

JSNM, I printed out the info. Thanks, and bless your heart.