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ACR 2020 Your Way - Get Your Topic Emails

Jack Cush, MD

ACR is but a few days away; the question is: how will you tackle this virtual meeting? RheumNow has created several options for learning the way you want to. First is to feed your need. Are you a lupologist? A gout maven? A Spondylitis sleuth? A drug safety wannabe?

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US Differs from Worldwide Drug Reimbursements

Jack Cush, MD

"The US has nearly 4.5% of the world’s population but accounts for more than 40% of global drug spending" reports JAMA Internal Medicine.  US drug prices are nearly double those of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and the US spends twice as much on retail and nonretai

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Dr.Gonzalez-Mazon describes surrogate markers assoc'd w #atherosclerosis in #axSpA: BASFI, BASMI, IBD, ESR, CRP, prednisone and DMARDs use. @RheumNow #ACR20 abst#0448 https://t.co/g27qA4qpPL
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Extended 5 year study of secukinumab in AS patients showed sustained improvement of back pain, nocturnal back pain, AM stiffness, fatigue and LDA Abs#0364 @RheumNow #ACR20

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Dr. C. Bakewell reminds us that entheses can show inflammation and chronic changes. Pearl: Be sure to look at MSUS of the digits for enthesitis. #ACR20 #ACRbest @RheumNow https://t.co/D3nLGGv4ko
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Vaccinate your pts against pneumococcal- it works! 595 vaccinated pts with RA & SpA vs 2379 nonvaccinated followed to 10 yrs showed 50% less pneumonia if vaccinated even though those pts had more infections prior. Limitation not RCT & not vaccine I use @RheumNow @CRASCRRheum https://t.co/SySEL19Gcn
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Study of 55 SpA patients with axial disease. 31% had high risk of falls (by survey) and 25% recalled having at least one fall in the last years. Risk higher w/ activity and adv disease. Pts w/ falls had lower quality of life. https://t.co/yu6mP6sxth
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Nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis= meeting axSpA criteria without Xray sacroiliitis. Swiss study compared women & men w nr-axSpA. Women had a longer Dx delay, higher Dz activity & enthesitis, less B27+ & signif lower TNFi resp rate (OR 0.19) vs Men https://t.co/ykAHfimOd5
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Study of 193 Axial SpA pts with TNF inhibitor switching shows, using stringent outcome measures (ASDAS-ID) shows odds of responding to 2nd TNFi best w/ secondary TNFi failure (OR 7.3) or adverse events (OR 9.1), compared to primary TNFi failure. https://t.co/kpDelzBYRe
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