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…
4 years ago
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
4 years ago
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
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…
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…
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