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Abrupt Cessation of Long-Term Opioid Prescribing Common

MedPage Today

Medicare beneficiaries were increasingly likely to have long-term opioid therapy stopped in recent years and medication changes often were abrupt, not tapered, an observational study showed.

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RheumNow Podcast – Tofacitinib Safety Concerns (2.5.2021)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews and discusses the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.

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RheumNow Podcast – Rheumatology Burnout (1.29.2021)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews this past week's journal articles and news features on RheumNow.com. Colchicine, vaccine rollout, risk of RA in endometriosis patients, tREACH trial, lupus nephritis news, rheumatology burnout and more.

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Lupus Nephritis Despite Low Level Proteinuria

Jack Cush, MD

Kidney International reports on a series of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, who despite inactive urinary sediment and low level proteinuria, had a high rate of glomerulonephritis (GN) proven by renal biopsy; moreover, the LN was not predicted by laboratory abnormalities.

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RheumNow Podcast – Don’t Hold the Benlysta, Take the Vaccine (1.22.2021)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com, with more than a dozen items to discuss on this week's podcast.

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QD Clinic - "I Don't Know"--What to Say When you Don't Have a Diagnosis to Deliver https://t.co/HcJAXRYTyc

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The RheumNow podcast is now up--listen in on SoundCloud, RheumNow or Apple/Android car play. Rheumatology Burnout?--Dr. Cush reviews the top articles from the week of 1/29/21. https://t.co/HiX7qMFU6b https://t.co/KbaZ6XjHG6

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RheumNow Podcast is up - Rheumatology Burnout (1.29.2021) - Vaccine #s, Colchicine in COVID, Rheums #2 in Burnout? Endometriosis & RA risk, Comorbidity as predictors. https://t.co/HiX7qMFU6b or listen on iTunes>>https://t.co/FHJv01AAbC or on SoundCloud>> https://t.co/0BfqGhxgQj https://t.co/j9nHMs4C6d

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News: #COVID19 risk may be reduced with #biologics and #JAKinhibitors, but increased with #glucocorticoids, Italian researchers report in @ArthritisRes https://t.co/zIef2aNCns

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My #rheumatology clinics now inundated with patient questions re: #CovidVaccine. I'm looking forward to new #CovidVaccine Guidance expected from the newly-convened #ACR Task Force, forthcoming on February 11th.

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New download available--Televideo Joint Exam Checklist https://t.co/XnyCW2eak8 https://t.co/WMdkra6SYv

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QD Clinic - Rhabdo or Not https://t.co/KmKPTaFOtr https://t.co/9AvOIOOmci

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Rheumatologists Rank 2nd in Physician Burnout The 2021 Medscape Survey on Physician burnout ranks rheumatology second, just behind Critical Care medicine. https://t.co/nIDqa5TCqG https://t.co/psem4wYIlN

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NEW QD Clinic Differential Dx Myalgias & Arthralgias https://t.co/ozawoe6RMO

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Though provoking piece by Dr. Len Calabrese in Healio,He references Drs. Schett and Scher writing in Nature Reviews Rheumatology on KOLs. Both articles are about reflection on what we do, how we do it, what motivates us. Good Reads https://t.co/HDlFRVJq1a https://t.co/CtqqiZuxwo

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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds - IgG4 Dz common lab findings: hypergammaglobulinemia is common but elevated ESR/CRP are not. Most have elevated IgG4 serum levels @UTSWIMchief https://t.co/wR5FEqZTsX
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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds - IgG4 Dz commonly presents as major salivary and lacrimal gland enlargement, orbital disease, autoimmune pancreatitis, retroperitoneal (mass) fibrosis or tubulointerstitial nephritis. @UTSWIMchief

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UTSW Rheum Grand Rounds - IgG4 Dz renal involvement; most common is tubulointerstitial nephritis @UTSWIMchief https://t.co/q8dZbgmvfK
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