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QD Clinic - Dealing with Non-adherence

d Jack Cush, MD

QD Clinic - Lessons from the clinic. Today’s clinic topic: Dealing with Non-Adherence in the Clinic.

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Steroid-Sparing Effect of Tocilizumab in Refractory Takayasu Arteritis

d Jack Cush, MD

A controlled clinical trial has shown that giving the IL-6 receptor antibody, tocilizumab (TCZ), to  patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK) results in clinical efficacy and has a steroid sparing efffect.

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CDC: 15% of US Adults are Physically Inactive

d Jack Cush, MD

All states and territories had more than 15% of adults who were physically inactive and this estimate ranged from 17.3 to 47.7%,  according to new state maps of adult physical inactivity prevalence released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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RheumNow Podcast- The Down Side of Steroids (1.17.20)

d Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the journal reports and news from RheumNow.com.
Be sure to register for RheumNow Live 3/13/2020 in Fort Worth
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NSAID Safety Guidelines

d Jack Cush, MD

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used for acute or chronic arthritis, headache, visceral pain, postoperative pain, etc but come with a small but significant risk of serious adverse effects, including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney injury and GI complica

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A of TB risk with TNF inhib - Risks by country: - Worldwide - 9.62 cases/1000 pts exposed - Asia, 13.47 /1000 - S America 11.75 /1000 - Europe, 6.28 /1000 patients - North America 4.34 /1000 (low risk (USA, EU) and high risk countries (Asia, S.Amer). https://t.co/MNtnjbEuMS

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Anti-transcription intermediary factor 1 (TIF1)-γ autoantibodies are linked with cancer-associated Dermatomyositis in adults https://t.co/DeBoDdEbV1

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#MLK - “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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#MLK - “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

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#MLK "Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” - Martin Luther King

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The driving force behind @RheumNow profiled in this article. Thanks for taking the time Jack https://t.co/T4nWMLDYFL

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RheumNow Podcast is up! S ame day hip replacments? Steroids & organ damage; Watch it here>> https://t.co/QY3qxTEYv0 or listen to the podcast in your car on Android Auto, Apple car play or https://t.co/3aCQ6qEJPx

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The future is bedside-to-bench: "Systemic comparison (of immunotherapy irAEs) with canonical forms of (inflamm arthritis)... may shed novel insights into the development of IA more broadly and identify common mechanisms and targets for therapy" @cappelliMD https://t.co/zYZyUFx8KU

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David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)

Thanks to Irwin and Rheuma Republic for this generous bio and profile of yours truly. RheumNow gives me a daily chance to spread the wealth or to get it right! https://t.co/gvQf5sUF3m

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Attending the annual ASAS meeting in Houston and hearing about the development of new platforms to disseminate information on #spondyloarthritis #axialspondyloarthritis https://t.co/uqDxbkHX7N

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Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints ( View Tweet)

The RheumNow Podcast is up! Steroids and organ damage; same day hip replacments? Tulips and d-Dimers. Watch in on RheumNow>> https://t.co/QY3qxTEYv0 or listen to the podcast in your car on Android Auto, Apple car play or https://t.co/3aCQ6qEJPx

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23% of RA patients have moderate-to-severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea (AHI ≥ 15) - study of RA patients 199 patients underwent PSG, OSA is more common in RA than in the general population, but there is no relationship with disease activity. https://t.co/noojvYmtMk

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Analysis of worldwide data on Abatacept shows that compared with other bDMARDs, ABA was not associated with an increased overall cancer risk [ROR 0.98 (95% CI 0.91, 1.05)], but may be increased for risk of melanoma [1.58 (95% CI 1.17, 2.08)] https://t.co/3EI52M5kIR

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Actress Tatum O'Neal, 56, was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 50, but had symptoms for almost 10 years. https://t.co/DotJHTLU3h

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MIRROR OL study shows that when pegloticase is co-administered with methotrexate, a high rate of response is seen (79% or 11/14 pts), achieved a complete response (sUA < 6 mg/dL) at Month 6. Topline results announced by Horizon. https://t.co/PY61xSoaxY

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