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Best of 2021: Tofacitinib Safety Concerns

d 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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Best of 2021: Israel provides COVID vaccine answers for rheumatic disease patients

d David Liew, FRACP

The question as to how autoimmune rheumatic disease patients fare with the COVID vaccine is one being asked in rheumatologists’ offices everywhere this year, and at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress, data presented from Israel, one of the first countries to vaccinate on a br

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Best of 2021: 11 Drugs That Cause Arthritis

d Jack Cush, MD

This is the #1 question I get from new consults: “How did I get arthritis?”

But as the aching are asking, they are really thinking these joint complaints must be due to something.

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Danish Cohort study of 5310 cutaneous LE or SLE pts between 1995-2014 (7-8 yrs F/U and 40.724 PYs) shows an overall increased cancer risk for CLE (SIR 1.35)and SLE (1.45), esp a 3-4 fold increased risk for NHL, hematological, pancreatic and lung cancers https://t.co/MFPLG9ifGU

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One-Third Rheumatoid Risk from Lifestyle Analysis of the NHANES data suggests that 1/3 of the risk of developing RA in the USA is attributable smoking, obesity and alcohol intake. https://t.co/SAVzBGlAoP https://t.co/bIhmCkufmC

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Best of 2021: Israel provides COVID vaccine answers for rheumatic disease patients https://t.co/3mWEjdAnLL https://t.co/It5VjbQMoI

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Rheumatologist survey - How do you aspirate (or injx) a knee effusion - what is your needle approach?

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Best of 2021: Seronegativity in RA studied using sera and microarrays from 559 RA (283 ACPA-) found 9 autoAbs w/ >90% specificity for seroneg RA. anti-PTX3 & anti-DUSP11 had best performance w/ sensitivity 38% & specificity 88% https://t.co/jFAnpQzmve

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Best of 2021: Cutaneous manifestations of ANCA-assoc vasculitis studied in 1184 GPA, MPA, EGPA pts and found to assoc w/ more severe disease. Common were petechiae/purpura (15%); allergic Sxs such as pruritus, urticaria, were more common in EGPA

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Best of 2021: Petri et al shows higher HCQ levels associated with reduced thrombosis risk, study of 739 SLE pts - 38 patients (5.1%) had thrombosis. HCQ level lower in thrombosis pts (720 vs 935, p=0.025). 69% decr in VTE when levels >1068 ng/mL vs <648 ng/mL

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Best of 2021: Colchicine suppresses MSU & CA pyrophosphate crystal activation of Nod-Like Receptor Protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, thereby suppressing caspase-1 activation and the subsequent release of IL-1β and IL-18. Great review by Pillinger et al

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Best of 2021: Metanalysis of Rituximab use in EGPA (Churg-Strauss) found 19 cohort studies, 8 case series, 18 cases, for a total of 368 EGPA patients. RTX yielded 80% w/ complete or partial remission (w/ more complete responses in pANCA+ pts) https://t.co/cIu6V6Cg8W https://t.co/Pw0ZpqqcB7

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Best of 2021: Plasmapheresis Indications : TTP, HUS, Cryoglobulinemia, Hyperviscosity, Myasthenia gravis, Goodpastures, Catastrophic APL Syn, Chr inflamm demyelinating polyneuropathy, Removal of drugs/toxins, Alveolar hemorrhage, ANCA vasculitis (questionable)

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Best of 2021: ProDERM Study: IVIG in Dermatomyositis--The ProDERM study show that IVIg is safe, effective and superior to placebo in patients with dermatomyositis (DM). https://t.co/l15ZLBguxH https://t.co/7s23FeUf5g

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Dr. Jack Cush tells his podcast story - the genesis, keys to success and recommendations on how to get into podcasting - for teaching, practice, fun or influence. https://t.co/l4emmdM056 https://t.co/uavfamjfI8

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NEJM Clinical Images - Tongue Necrosis in Giant Cell Arteritis. 74-yoF w/ 3-day hx of HA and tongue swelling/pain, & blindness in the right eye. Tongue was ulcerated, R temporal artery thickened. ESR 42 CRP 169 mg/L. Read rest of story... https://t.co/DDgu0UpZN9 https://t.co/BPlIEmRjg3

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RESTORE trial: yet another failure for PRP injections for knee #OA. Study of 288 Knee oA over 50 years - knee pain scores of −2.1 vs −1.8 on an 11-point scale (range, 0-10) and no difference between PRP and PBO at 12 moshttps://bit.ly/3pqldWU

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Best of 2021: Actemra FDA Approved for Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease https://t.co/oPKErIgR3J https://t.co/mpWmfVwOsF

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Patient Medication Preferences in PsA https://t.co/I1DXCFPNcf https://t.co/cqMGIJwLbA

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Registration now open for RheumNow Live! Join us March 19-20 in Irving, TX or virtually! https://t.co/py6Gp8sPh8

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