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Rheumatologists switched their practices overnight from primarily in person to nearly all virtual care as COVID-19 pandemic geared up in March 2020 and then to a blend of in person and virtual care. How are RA patients doing?
(if this is true) Shame on @expressScripts and forcing money driven biologic changes (from secukinumab to ixekizumab) upon patients and doctors. This is soooo wrong! https://t.co/DYKSItCbYL
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RT @DrMiniDey : Study on #telehealth in #rheumatology patients in the US finds those with #comorbidities and high disease activity are most likely to take up remote consults.
Abs#1962 #ACR20 @RheumNow
https://t.co/8USU39mTPk https://t.co/ioT1b1x4IO
Pipeline Therapies for Urate Lowering: Dr. Michael Pillinger
#ACR20
https://t.co/M3ahjjZWK8 https://t.co/Ipc0nowK2t
Check out Dr. Kathyrn Dao's blog experience. A rheumatology researcher signs up for the COVID-19 vaccine! https://t.co/B9Wsvo7DJH
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RT @MeralElRamahiMD :Conditional recommendation to add bDMARD or tsDMARD in RA pts on maximally tolerated dose of MTX over adding HCQ+SSZ (triple therapy) per draft recommendation of new ACR RA treatment guidelines. #ACR20 @ElaineHusniMD https://t.co/tCAbgYi3h0 https://t.co/AoEOJd3pQh
How COVID Changed Work: Drs. Rachel Tate, Cassie Calabrese and Mary Hinojos Mamut #ACR20
https://t.co/jyM8NPicZF https://t.co/6zA7Kmgzwi
Measuring Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis: Dr. Eric Ruderman ( @JointMD) looks at several abstracts that focus on disease activity measurement in psoriatic arthritis presented at the #ACR20 meeting.
https://t.co/Tu58NDbc51 https://t.co/RGwON4gu7w
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RT @ejdein1 : Draft #ACR20 Rx Recs for RA: Treatment recommendations for Hepatitis B - highest risk is for RTX for reactivation! @RheumNow. https://t.co/JvYm9Ii6PV https://t.co/qjXBuzUug6
ACR has released 2 free powerpoint slide decks featuring select RA and SLE abstracts from #ACR20 (a 3rd late-breaking slide deck is yet to come!). Download here>> https://t.co/CiNH0xfs7J
Cytokine Storm | NEJM https://t.co/sNNKtdPYw8 #cyokinestorm #inflammasomopathy nice review underlying a number of our “auto inflammatory “ funny seronegs with gut rash and other odd features?
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RT @ejdein1 : Draft #ACR20 Rx Recs for RA: MTX is conditionally recommended with NORMAL LFTs and no advanced fibrosis. Role of HCQ for NALFD has been suggested at ACR, but not enough for mod-high disease activity @RheumNow. https://t.co/XswkhT1f66 https://t.co/bdngrnY9hc
Revisit #ACR20 with our RheumNow podcast.
https://t.co/ondNw0G6Pu https://t.co/nauqdGp8fR
Worth the read!
My Experience as a COVID19 Vaccine Trial Participant by Dr. Kathryn Dao ( @KDAO2011)
https://t.co/ILfXLUL8IZ https://t.co/7parTGPllu
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RT @MeralElRamahiMD : Switching or adding a DMARD in pts w/ mod-high dz RA activity ; hx of previous serious infection w/in the past 12 mos as opposed to starting/increasing GCs is conditionally recommended per draft recs of new ACR RA treatment guidelines.
Prothrombotic Antiphospholipid Antibodies in COVID-19: Dr. David Liew ( @drdavidliew) abstract #0429 at the #ACR20.
https://t.co/5xjThWuLa6 https://t.co/Aezlfqle06
New Treatments in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Dr. Antoni Chan ( @synovialjoints) discuses two abstracts presented at the #ACR20 annual meeting.
https://t.co/bh7l6C8p7P https://t.co/RN60iWCmet
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RT @RichardPAConway :Dr Cid presents phase 2 trial of anti-GM-CSF agent mavrilimumab in combination with steroids in GCA. 70 patients. Sustained remission at week 26 in 83.2% of mavrilimumab vs 49.9% of placebo p=0.0038. @DrPujaMehta1 #ACR20 Abstr#L06 https://t.co/ynWbguXXzR


