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Abstract 428. Pain reduction over 12 months using methotrexate for knee osteoarthritis. Good study: RCT, 12 months, statistically significant pain reduction in knee pain. (by comparison, MTX doesn't work for hand OA) #ACR18 https://t.co/lwdNNZvR0R
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Abstract 221: DIP involvement in RA is about 2%. More women than men, and more in pts with higher disease activity. Might be poor prognostic indicator. #ACR18 https://t.co/YQR8kknRTl
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Abstract 2220: gout flares and allopurinol use population study. Unfortunately, gout is *vastly* undertreated. Similar abstracts 1247, 1272 show that pharmacist driven gout care can work well #ACR18 https://t.co/09A85ehnf1
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Abstract 404: using IL-17 inhibitor to treat supraspinatus tendinopathy in a rat model. This is a common shoulder tendinopathy, and IL-17 Involved in human cases. #ACR18 https://t.co/KwK6slNqA5
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Abstract 2264: data to support use of methotrexate in granulomatous mastitis with good results. (Be aware of this condition - you *will* eventually see it) #ACR18 https://t.co/SsDdz21t5r
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My article on @RheumNow: 'Negotiation Skills for Rheumatologists' https://t.co/NfsTXd9qLK #ACR18
Paul Sufka, MD psufka ( View Tweet)
Tocilizumab is an option in treating severe Thyroid eye disease #ACR18 https://t.co/I3iq8uOibh
Philip Gardiner PhilipGardiner ( View Tweet)
checkpoint inhibitor-related myositis has unique phenotype - myocarditis, myasthenia gravis-like symptoms abstract #2976 #ACR18 @RheumNow
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Take-home message from the basic science Year in Review is that TLR7 links together all this year’s novel findings in SLE pathogenesis. #ACR18 @RheumNow
ǝlʇʇıɥʍ ɯɐs samwhittle ( View Tweet)
Pascual Year in Review: Gut pathogen (E gallinarum) translocated to liver, drives murine SLE. Treatable with antibiotics or vaccination. #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/C5dSvnSQZz
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Merkel Year in Review: SPACE trial (JAMA 18) - opioids NOT superior to NSAIDs for function or pain in OA & back pain. #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/jQgc1eR67E
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Merkel Year in Review: Yui et al Mayo Clin Proc. - Arthrocentesis appears to be safe in patients using DOACs (NO bleeding in 1050 procedures).
Need to tell our ED colleagues.
#ACR18 @RheumNow
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Merkel Year in Review: SCOT trial of ASCT in severe SSc. Superior outcomes with ASCT but important toxicity.
Key here is to choose the right patient and the right time. This will not be easy.
#ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/SnO3oMuCp8
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Posters 693 & 694: observational data from Quebec suggest addition of MTX to ADA or ETN does not improve bDMARD retention in PsA.
Further evidence for the questionable benefit of MTX in PsA?
#ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/u2P5yUmGaM
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#ACR18 poster 1265:
Gout management in primary care can be improved with a thoughtful structured approach. Quantity and quality of ULT improves; proportion failing to meet SUA target fell from 64% to 39%. Exemplary approach to gout care.
@RheumNow https://t.co/GeE5RRU0Pr
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Almost time for one of my perennial ACR favourites: Tech Tools for Rheumatology by @DrBhana
#ACR18 https://t.co/Loe9C16WlO
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Good to see a virtual appearance by @RonanTKavanagh here at #ACR18, via @DrBhana’s excellent presentation. https://t.co/fxqFnYO8jr
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.@BrennanSpiegel Digital sensors are now available for multiple organ systems #ACR18 @RheumNow https://t.co/RFMA9eArbt
Suleman Bhana, MD DrBhana ( View Tweet)
Numbers just released - 15,000 attendees at #ACR18 from 106 countries
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Well done to our outstanding former registrar Bess Leonardo for her excellent work that was presented at #ACR18 today (poster 2353), looking at how RA patients access information about MTX. https://t.co/PF0BNQpdKl
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