kb/data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease-modifying_treatment-0.md

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A disease-modifying drug, or disease-modifying therapy, is a treatment that delays, slows or reverses the progression of a disease by targeting its underlying cause. They are distinguished from symptomatic treatments that treat the symptoms of a disease but do not address its underlying cause.

== Examples == Disease-modifying osteoarthritis drug Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug

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