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What is Colchicine Worth? (6.23.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and reports from the past week on RheumNow.com. This week a new colchicine FDA approval, rising rate of IgG4 related disease and what's the safest biologic?
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2023 EULAR Recommendations on Imaging in Crystal-Induced Arthritis
New recommendations on imaging for crystal-induced (gout, CPPD) arthritis (CiA) were presented at EULAR 2023 in Milan.
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EULAR 2023 – Day 1 Report
EULAR 2023 launched today to crowds of attendees. The opening Plenary session and presidential address by Dr.
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3-4-5 Rule (5.26.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews more than a dozen news, journal articles and RNL highlights from this past week on RheumNow.com.
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Allergic Drug-Induced Arthritis (5.19.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow.com. This week we delve into some odd associations, repeat drug warnings and the consequences of antirheumatic therapies.
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Excessive alcohol intake associated with higher risks of 61 diseases in men, including liver cirrhosis, stroke, and several gastrointestinal cancers, gout, cataracts, some fractures, and gastric ulcer. https://t.co/WqMuHQ3Unn https://t.co/IU0SaRcswZ
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Depositions of crystals in coronary arteries were associated with MACE @rheumnow #EULAR2023 https://t.co/VHxtsB7ZsA
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New treatment target for #gout
#EULAR2023
SEL-212 - 2 drugs one after the other!
- tolerogenic nanoparticles containing rapamycin followed by pegadricase
-only 50% reponded, but there were pts who didn't respond at all.
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Cool way to get peg uricase tolerated in #gout. ##Rapamycin nanoparticle Rx w SEL 212 a uricase -infusion reactions 3.4% - all premeds w steroids and antihistamines- some stomatitis - seemed to lower uric acid and have good tolerability LB0002 @RheumNow #EULAR2023 @eular_org https://t.co/xWzuY3Xkyw
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Tune it at 1pm EST for RheumNow's daily #EULAR23 recaps. You can find us live on Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. https://t.co/t531csjXo8
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>= 2 tophi and carotid plaque by ultrasound could independently predict major adverse cardiovascular events in addition to conventional CVD risk factors in #gout, data from a single center cohort of 262 pts with 10 yr follow up #EULAR2023 @rheumnow abst#OP0154
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Remember to discuss bone density in your pts with #gout! Bone mineral density was significantly lower in pts with hyperuricemia, more so in males and elderly. Large cohort wirh 9017 pts from China! @EULAR2023 @rheumnow abst#AB1639 https://t.co/BGscJxMZno
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Gut microbiome studies are implicated in all disease we study! 5 gut microbiota are suggested to have a causal relationship in #gout.
68k controls and 2k gout pts.
Can experts comment if it's just data mining or discovery? #EULAR2023 @rheumnow abst#ab1237 https://t.co/d1AkDPG8QR
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EULAR imaging recommendations in gout - ultrasound and DECT are recommended, double contour sign useful, by Peter Mandl, Abstr#0008 @RheumNow https://t.co/BNd1S3AJpB
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UK Biobank cohort study (n=361,952) assessed BMI effects on rheumatic Dz risk. Higher BMI incr odds of RA (IRR=1.52), OA (IRR=1.49), PsA (IRR=1.80), gout (1.73), SpA(1.34); more pronounced in women for both gout and psoriatic arthropathy https://t.co/eLeeShSSv1 https://t.co/IjWF2EPqOR
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Save the date! We'll be tuning in live from Milan for EULAR '23. Count on us for:
-KOL perspective videos
-Clinical Trial Highlights
-Daily Faculty Recaps
-Live Streaming
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In the UK, MHRA has somewhat softened its warnings on Febuxostat use in gout - stating use caution if considering Febuxostat in patients with a prior history of major cardiovascular disease; esp w/ high urate and tophi burden or starting ULT https://t.co/y0KhXtgzzG https://t.co/5ZlE0XK8qx
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Metanalysis of 38 studies(458,256 pts). Diabetes was seen in 19% of hyperuricemic and 16.7% of gout pts - an even higher DM prevalence was seen in North America (20.7%) https://t.co/AYVWaditxG https://t.co/T4fedCSpx1
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