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Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS

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Colchicine, the old gout drug often cited as a cheap anti-inflammatory, hasn't been such a good deal since FDA approval, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

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How are RA patients doing using telemedicine/virtual care?

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Rheumatologists switched their practices overnight from primarily in person to nearly all virtual care as COVID-19 pandemic geared up in March 2020 and then to a blend of in person and virtual care. How are RA patients doing?

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Check out Dr. Kathyrn Dao's blog experience. A rheumatology researcher signs up for the COVID-19 vaccine! https://t.co/B9Wsvo7DJH

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @MeralElRamahiMD :Conditional recommendation to add bDMARD or tsDMARD in RA pts on maximally tolerated dose of MTX over adding HCQ+SSZ (triple therapy) per draft recommendation of new ACR RA treatment guidelines. #ACR20 @ElaineHusniMD https://t.co/tCAbgYi3h0 https://t.co/AoEOJd3pQh

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How COVID Changed Work: Drs. Rachel Tate, Cassie Calabrese and Mary Hinojos Mamut #ACR20 https://t.co/jyM8NPicZF https://t.co/6zA7Kmgzwi

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Measuring Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis: Dr. Eric Ruderman ( @JointMD) looks at several abstracts that focus on disease activity measurement in psoriatic arthritis presented at the #ACR20 meeting. https://t.co/Tu58NDbc51 https://t.co/RGwON4gu7w

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @ejdein1 : Draft #ACR20 Rx Recs for RA: Treatment recommendations for Hepatitis B - highest risk is for RTX for reactivation! @RheumNow. https://t.co/JvYm9Ii6PV https://t.co/qjXBuzUug6

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ACR has released 2 free powerpoint slide decks featuring select RA and SLE abstracts from #ACR20 (a 3rd late-breaking slide deck is yet to come!). Download here>> https://t.co/CiNH0xfs7J

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Cytokine Storm | NEJM https://t.co/sNNKtdPYw8 #cyokinestorm #inflammasomopathy nice review underlying a number of our “auto inflammatory “ funny seronegs with gut rash and other odd features?

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @ejdein1 : Draft #ACR20 Rx Recs for RA: MTX is conditionally recommended with NORMAL LFTs and no advanced fibrosis. Role of HCQ for NALFD has been suggested at ACR, but not enough for mod-high disease activity @RheumNow. https://t.co/XswkhT1f66 https://t.co/bdngrnY9hc

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Revisit #ACR20 with our RheumNow podcast. https://t.co/ondNw0G6Pu https://t.co/nauqdGp8fR

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Worth the read! My Experience as a COVID19 Vaccine Trial Participant by Dr. Kathryn Dao ( @KDAO2011) https://t.co/ILfXLUL8IZ https://t.co/7parTGPllu

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @MeralElRamahiMD : Switching or adding a DMARD in pts w/ mod-high dz RA activity ; hx of previous serious infection w/in the past 12 mos as opposed to starting/increasing GCs is conditionally recommended per draft recs of new ACR RA treatment guidelines.

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Prothrombotic Antiphospholipid Antibodies in COVID-19: Dr. David Liew ( @drdavidliew) abstract #0429 at the #ACR20. https://t.co/5xjThWuLa6 https://t.co/Aezlfqle06

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New Treatments in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Dr. Antoni Chan ( @synovialjoints) discuses two abstracts presented at the #ACR20 annual meeting. https://t.co/bh7l6C8p7P https://t.co/RN60iWCmet

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @RichardPAConway :Dr Cid presents phase 2 trial of anti-GM-CSF agent mavrilimumab in combination with steroids in GCA. 70 patients. Sustained remission at week 26 in 83.2% of mavrilimumab vs 49.9% of placebo p=0.0038. @DrPujaMehta1 #ACR20 Abstr#L06 https://t.co/ynWbguXXzR
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IVIg in Dermatomyositis: Dr. Sheila Reyes ( @RHEUMarampa) reviews abstract #0995 presented at #ACR20. https://t.co/PKYATqUh0d

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @KDAO2011 : Very strong push by #ACR20 to recc MTX in most RA patient scenarios including RA ILD, RA nodules, NAFLD in new RA guidance document @rheumnow

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Citrulline Reactive B Cells Present in Lungs of Risk, Early RA: Richard Conway ( @RichardPAConway) discusses ACR abstract #1445 presented #ACR20 https://t.co/WjcBPay86P https://t.co/JnUVss0FDK

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#BestACR20Tweets RT @DrMiniDey : Patient-physician discordance seen in ~30% RA patients starting #DMARDs - ↑Patient-reported pain; functional impairment assoc. w/ discordance - Patient-centric treatment discussions needed to reduce discordance Abs#1978 https://t.co/uTJehn5Qs5 https://t.co/289d3VsE22

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