Fig. 3

Observational studies reporting the prevalence of chronic analgesic, DMARD, and corticosteroid prescriptions or use over time in patients with RA. Different studies used different definitions of chronic prescriptions. Scott et al.: the denominator is 100 person-years, and the population includes patients with RA, psoriatic arthritis, and axial spondyloarthritis (although RA was the commonest diagnosis). Crossfield et al.: DMARD and corticosteroid prescriptions are long-term. Navarro-Millan et al.: the population comprises beneficiaries of Social Security Disability Insurance (no longer working because they are considered disabled) and < 65 years old. Studies included in the figure are those reporting the prevalence of chronic NSAID, chronic opioid, DMARD, and corticosteroid prescriptions/use in > one calendar year that contain extractable data