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PsA Til Death Do Us Part (1.20.2023)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the highlights from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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Cannabis Use for Pain is Common
In states with legalized medical cannabis use, 3 in 10 persons are using cannabis to manage their pain.
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Marginal Benefit with Diet and Exercise in Obese Knee Osteoarthritis Patients
The easiest intervention for knee osteoarthritis (diet and exercise) is also the most difficult for many patients; but do these work? A new study of a weight loss and exercise program in community settings shows only marginal benefits.
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How Underweight Women Can Reduce Hip Fracture Risk
How women can reduce the risk of hip fracture?
Read ArticlePain in Psoriatic Arthritis
The prioritisation of pain, and its evaluation, is important in those with psoriatic arthritis, when the already incredibly heterogenous nature of the condition can complicate assessment. Whilst we lean towards all pain in PsA being nociceptive in nature, evidence suggests that a significant proportion of patients with PsA also have nociplastic pain, characterised by fibromyalgia.
Read ArticleRA: MACE Events with Opioids vs. NSAIDs
Addressing chronic pain often leads general practitioners and specialists to prescribe opioids. However, opioids (weak and strong) have not demonstrated efficacy in long-term pain management; their chronic use could even worsen pain in users. Opioids prescription is often perceived as being safer than NSAIDs prescription, especially in respect to MACE.
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2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline on Opioid Prescribing
The CDC has updated its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain and includes recommendations for managing acute (duration of <1 month), subacute (duration of 1–3 months), and chronic (duration of >3 months) pain.
Read ArticleInfections & Lupus (10.28.2022)
Dr. Jack Cush discusses the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow. This week more lupus nephritis, more drug induced lupus and more lupus infections that may kill.
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