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Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Patients with rheumatic diseases – requiring lifelong immunosuppressants— are at high risk for respiratory and viral infections. Over the past decade, an armamentarium of biologic and targeted therapies has led to better control of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Whether these patients, especially those receiving newer biological and targeted therapies such as JAK inhibitors, are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes remains uncertain.
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Retrospective French study found adding JAKi may be helpful in refractory AOSD. No complete response noted and no beneficial effect as monotherapy. Possible difference between JAKi? Abs 0195 #ACR21 #RheumNow #ACRbest @RheumNow https://t.co/J8kLJpJ39o https://t.co/aVsfCQ8CyV
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JAK-pot Study: Cycling JAK Inhibitors Effective in Difficult-to-Treat RA
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, shows that people with difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis who do not have success with one Janus kinase inhibitor (JAK inhibitor) can achieve success either cycling to other JAKi medic
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RheumNow Podcast – Like Father, Like Daughter (10.29.2021)
Bad things happen when our patients go into the ICU and it's not always due to the disease. Good things happen when we rise from sitting. And guess what? Rheumatologists are setting cardiology straight about hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. This, and a special recognition of parent-child rheumatologists, along with the news and articles from this week on RheumNow.
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RheumNow Podcast – Quackademia (10.15.2021)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the FDA approvals, news and the latest journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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