Anti-Rheumatic Rx
2 years ago
How to prescribe methotrexate in a post-Roe era:
Abstract #L09
💊 6% of > 1,700 patients reported access issues to MTX
-63% had a delay in filling script
🤰Excessive questions about possibility of pregnancy
🧑⚕️Pharmacy refused to fill
#ACR22 #ACRbest @RheumNow
2 years ago
Broder et al. HCQ alone vs steroid alone as maintenance in ESKD due to SLE. HCQ less cardiac events, less infection. @RheumNow #ACR22 Abstr#0539 https://t.co/mb3Eof2Uiv https://t.co/3i3ZTY25ru
The ability to prevent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in individuals at risk of developing this condition is a holy grail in rheumatology.
There is a long-history of interest in this area dating back to…
2 years ago
HCQ tx thresholds study by Prof Garg:
🔸HCQ >=500ng/ml: good threshold to detect adherence
🔸HCQ 750-1000ng/ml: effective thresholds to prevent flares
🔸CKD>=2: 4x ⬆️odds of HCQ>1500ng/ml (supraTx! dose adj.)
Interesting data.
Game changing?🧐
#ACR22 @RheumNow ABST#0344 #ACRBest https://t.co/GxlucrTeE5
The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring the meeting and online presentations to find the best abstracts from ACR22. Here are some of their choice abstracts reported today on day 1 of…
2 years ago
Adding MTX to Pegloticase for 52 wks in gout
◦ Improved response rate by 30%
◦ Reduced discontinuation rate by 40%
◦ Greater resolution of tophi by 20%
◦ Similar safety profile in MTX vs non-MTX groups
Botson J, MIRROR RCT https://t.co/ifXLdvOv0K #ACR22 #ACRBest @RheumNow https://t.co/le9ggUa2Xk
2 years ago
NSAIDs plus TNFi (celecoxib and golimumab) therapy in ankylosing spondylitis did not show significant decrease in radiographic progression compared to TNFi monotherapy.
*Numerical reduction in syndesmophytes 11% vs. 25%
Abs#0546
@RheumNow #ACR22
#ACRBest https://t.co/pG5F3xdsh9