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British Society Guidelines for Managing Behçet’s Disease
An exhaustive, full read guideline from the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) and the British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) on the management and treatment of Behçet’s disease (BD) in 2024 has been published in Rheumatology.
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INVIGORATE-2 Study - IV Secukinumab in Active Psoriatic Arthritis
The INVIGORATE-2 trial reports that intravenous secukinumab is both effective and safe in patients with active psoriatic arthritis, demonstrating improvements on par with subcutaneous secukinumab.
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Bimekizumab FDA Approved for Psoriatic Arthritis, Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
UCB announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved bimekizumab-bkzx (Bimzelx) for the treatment of 3 chronic inflammatory disorders.
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Limited Efficacy of Muscle Relaxants for Chronic Pain
A systematic review of long-term muscle relaxant use for chronic pain suggests they may be effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia, cramps, and neck pain, but not fibromyalgia, low back pain, and other pain syndromes.
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Korean Epidemiologic study shows the prevalence of Psoriatic arthritis has increased fbetween 2008 and 2020. Prevalence was 6/1000 in 2008 & 19/1000 in 2020. PsA incidence also incr from 3.35 to 5.01/1000 in the same era https://t.co/d20zETK2q2 https://t.co/WAuqoHFDfu
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Danish cross-sectional survey 12 713 Inflam arthritis (RA, PsA, SpA) pts & found lonliness in one-third (RA 32%; 36% in PsA & SpA) and highest in SpA w/ depression (66%). Loneliness was correlated w/ disease activity. https://t.co/Q3IswbIwe6 https://t.co/GNohOkkmEw
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Full read overview of ILD & its Clinical Course inRheumatoid Arthritis. Metanalysis of 22 reports shows 6-19% of RA have ILD on HRCT. Article discusses early onset, progression and the monitoring and management of RA-ILD https://t.co/mqexPcruni https://t.co/One7XYn4wX
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Analysis of 5 Nordic registries & 29,478 RA & 10,919 PsA pts initiating 1st bDMARD,s
(& 362,087 pop controls). Incident ILD was higher in RA (HR 9.7) & PsA (4.4). but MTX co-use (vs non-use) did not incr ILD in RA (HR 0.9; 0.7, 1.2) or PsA (HR 1.0) https://t.co/xY8COh85Bw https://t.co/weJGirfhDX
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🌟 ACUTE OPTIC NEURITIS - Differentials https://t.co/eE1Kbnmqc1
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🌟 ASAS researchers recommend using axSpA as the overarching term for axial spondyloarthritis. They prefer radiographic-axSpA over ankylosing spondylitis. These changes aim to standardize terminology and improve clarity in diagnosis and treatment.
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Congratulations to Dr. Sebastian Sattui on his new @NIHAging R03: "Prevalence and Impact of frailty in older adults with polymyalgia rheumatica"! 🎉🎊🎉 https://t.co/JRzr4cZZhg
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Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) associated Interstitial lung disease #ILD
2023 ACR/Chest Guideline
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Antidepressants for Pain are Weakly Effective
University of Sydney research has found people over 65 are being prescribed antidepressants as pain treatment based on international guidelines that use limited evidence.
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TREAT EARLIER - Methotrexate in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia Patients
Lancet Rheumatology has published the results of the TREAT EARLIER trial, showing the prevention of rheumatoid arthritis may be enhanced by risk stratification, particularly in anti-citrullinated protein… https://t.co/1NYgYtYKIr https://t.co/fMMy2DzSxN
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FDA decision explained on why they modified its rule on #Biosimilar interchangeability. Approved 15 yrs ago, now there are 50 Biosimilars in USA. Switching (interchangeability) studies are no longer needed based on the FDA experience over last 8 years. https://t.co/vpmgdVeDwz https://t.co/UAWnFQxugl
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Neoself-antigens are targeted by autoreactive T cells clonally expanded in SLE. Neoself-antigen presentation results in clonally expanded neoself-reactive T cells, leading to the development of lupus-like disease in mice. https://t.co/iFXNLNRxO5 https://t.co/9TEJUqfEbo
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Fasenra (benralizumab, an anti-IL-5 mAb) has been FDA approved in the US for the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA); approval based on MANDARA trial - H2H noninferior to mepolizumab at remission https://t.co/5tAPolUItK https://t.co/VHCNjACThw
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FOREMOST: Apremilast in Early Oligoarticular Psoriatic Arthritis
A controlled trial has shown that apremilast is effective in patients with early, oligoarticular psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
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Full read review of Neonatal lupus syndrome - caused by pathogenic maternal autoAbs (SSA, SSB) in fetal circulation. Mild Sxs in 25%, severe Sxs are rare; Heart block in up to 2% of neonates born to mothers with positive antibodies. https://t.co/iH4MBRGvg1 https://t.co/kXxIeQC47m
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BSR Guidelines for Systemic Sclerosis Management
The BSR has updated its 2015 guidelines for the management of patients with SSc based on published evidence, systematic literature review and expert opinion.
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