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Rheumatoid Arthritis

      Each pharmaceutical company has spent months and years preparing to present and highlight their featured clinical trials and abstracts at ACR 2020.  This is our selection of their best studies…
      RT @MeralElRamahiMD: Do you plan to do a skin exam in your RA patients on MTX given new toxicity signal of skin cancer b
      Do you plan to do a skin exam in your RA patients on MTX given new toxicity signal of skin cancer based on CIRT with NNH of 167? @JYazdanyMD #ACR20 Year in Review @RheumNow
      RT @ACRheum: The #ACR20 Great Debate will feature two experts discussing whether #JAK inhibitors should be used before b
      The #ACR20 Great Debate will feature two experts discussing whether #JAK inhibitors should be used before biologics if methotrexate fails. The session runs Friday, Nov. 6., from 10:00 to 11:00 AM ET. Learn more → https://t.co/I8zTGn0Q06
      RT @drpnash: Association Between Changes in Pain Sensitization and Changes in Disease Activity After 12 Weeks of Disease
      4 years ago
      Association Between Changes in Pain Sensitization and Changes in Disease Activity After 12 Weeks of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis https://t.co/DLGFcDqrus #RA #pain Pain sensitization a management issue - disease control minor benefit
      QD Clinic - Running out of Options

      Difficult RA with Serious Infections and Limited options

      Infection in the setting of autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARD) has been the subject of increasing research and clinical interest for decades. Even before the advent of disease-modifying anti-…
      Here is the last of our QD Clinics in Podcast form, just before we start ACR2020 coverage. In this compilation from the past week we talk about - HIV and arthritis - Hyperuricemia in PsA - An odd…
      Eosinophilia in #RA is either due to a secondary problem (endemic parasitosis, drug hypersensitivity, etc) or may be ass
      4 years ago
      Eosinophilia in #RA is either due to a secondary problem (endemic parasitosis, drug hypersensitivity, etc) or may be associated with more severe RA - it is not associated with extraarticular manifestations of RA. https://t.co/J9rOA3cWC4
      The risk of serious infections (SIE) in RA patients given anti-TNF (TNFi) therapy is not static, instead it has been shown to be greatest in the first 6 months of use according to a recent report in…
      Racial/ethnic minorities with rheumatic Dz(RD) & COVID had increased odds of hospitalization & ventilatory suppo
      4 years ago
      Racial/ethnic minorities with rheumatic Dz(RD) & COVID had increased odds of hospitalization & ventilatory support. 1,324 pts w/ RD+COVID, 36% hospitalized, 6% died. Compared to whites- Blacks Latinos & Asians had higher risk of hospital (OR=2.7, 1.7, 2.7) https://t.co/OGmarAfzLM