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"Don't You Know Who I am?" (5.17.2024)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past 2 weeks. This week's question: can we prevent gout, ILD or psoriasis?
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Legal (Not So) Merry-Go-Round of Alendronate Atypical Fractures
Dr. Gregory Curfman, MD (Executive editor of JAMA) writes on the chronological legal progress of a lawsuit stemming from rare instances of atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate (alendronate) use.
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Antacids can Diminish Bone Density
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EurekAlert!
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a specific class of antacid drugs, are among the most widely used medications of all. They are frequently prescribed to many groups of patients, including those with rheumatism.
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Consensus Statements on Vitamin D
The “Controversies in Vitamin D” International Conference has published their proceedings on vitamin D metabolism, assessment, actions, and supplementation. Interestingly, optimal levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) are still being debated.
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Alot of murky "research" on Platelet-rich plasma (PRP). This RCT of120 pts having anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (half randomized to PRP) shows no PRP benefit, no significant improvement of knee symptoms & function post ACLR https://t.co/AwkCAq1QFb https://t.co/YP0hJd7soc
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Retrospective cohort study compared 5825 #AS pts vs 28,356 matched controls; showed an increased risk of pulmonary embolism w/ AS; not present pre-Dx ((0.4% vs 0.2%), but incr post-AS Dx (PE IR 11.6 vs 6.8/10KPY: adj HR 1.70;; p<0.001) https://t.co/wSkAMozvnL https://t.co/5Q470QkAxe
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K Kuhn et al: Altered tryptophan catabolism by microbiome may contribute to inflammatory arthritis. Tryptophan increases indole leading to ncreases in serum IL-6, TNF, and IL-1β; splenic RORγt+CD4+ T cells, & IL-23 and IL-17 production https://t.co/i9le12QZm2 https://t.co/akeXxWnQ9o
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Substitute Measures of Inflammation (many dervied from the CBC)
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My Cancelled Lecture Slides
Listen to last week's podcast for more context!
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Infectious Mortality in ARD
Infectious conditions are a significant cause of mortality in ARD. Among patients hospitalized with an infection, we compared in-hospital and long-term (3-year) mortality between those with and without ARD.
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Save the date! We’ll be covering #EULAR24! https://t.co/HGjP2SFyOp
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Small-molecule Drugs to Treat Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
A metanalysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on treatments of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), confirm the efficacy of several targeted small-molecule drugs.
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A unique study in military medicine of 1.5 million ED visits reveals the dynamics of high-rank and high-power patients and doctors, and the care they get/provide
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Interferons and Lupus Subsets
In a new study, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have uncovered insights as to the relationship between interferons and lupus, which affects up to 1.5 million Americans.
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Risk Factors for Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy
A long-term hydroxychloroquine users study found that 2.7% developed retinopathy, and identified risk factors as increasing age, female sex, chronic kidney disease stage 3+ and tamoxifen use.
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Single center EHR study of 5 064 pts w/ pre-diabetes compared those starting metformin (1154) vs 13 877 non-users w/ ~4 yrs F/U. Incidence of future gout was lower w/ metformin use (7.1 vs 9.5/1000PYs; HR 0.68); with no change in SUA or CRP https://t.co/CXdcEdWXhW https://t.co/j0ktehf9Sm
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2023 Top 3 paper from JAMA Derm - 122 plaque psoriasis pts (mild-mod w/ PASI=3.1) & low vit D levels (~14.9), Rx w/ PBO vs vit D 20 000 IU/wk x 4 mos during winter; no signif vit D Rx benefit for PASI, MD global, DLQI or 25-OH levels(< than expected) https://t.co/8W5abvydY6 https://t.co/rKJjkiHwC6
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My Cancelled Lecture (5.11.2024)
In lieu of this weeks podcast, Dr. Jack Cush records his "Life Lessons (that keep changing) in Rheumatology Lecture. A lecture recently cancelled because some of this content was objectionable? (I dont think so!)
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Inflammatory Myositis market size was valued at ~$575 million USD in 2022 with 184,204 confirmed IMM cases in the 7MM. In the USA there were 90,064 cases in 2022 https://t.co/uLtxOYGrLr https://t.co/W5TApBDV3C
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Metanalysis of 26 reports and 195 juvenile Dermatomyositis pts (age 4.9 yrs) treated w/ JAK inhib (tofa, rux, & bari); Good improvement in 90%, 69% & 93%, respectively. JAK indication refractory skin dz (35%) or muscle involvement (29%). TIME FOR RCTs!! https://t.co/0aaLV7iCWR https://t.co/DLGRqqmIyX
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