Drug Safety

Richard Conway RichardPAConway
2 years 10 months ago
Hidekawa et al. HCQ use assoc reduced severe infection in LUNA SLE registry, HR 0.26. ?due to better disease control rather than anti-infectious role, but HR 0.32 in multivariable model including SLEDAI. @RheumNow #ACR22 Abstr#2059 https://t.co/EgTJOAymoF https://t.co/gmchk9ZS5L

Day two at ACR 2022 was full of great sessions on imaging, vasculitis, lupus, vasculitis, spondyloarthritis, COVID, pregnancy, microbiome, economics and more.
Here are the RheumNow faculty selections for #ACRbest abstracts today:

TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
2 years 10 months ago
Uggh!
What would you do if your pt gets pregnant while on MTX & loses her baby, are you liable for accidental abortion? Should you advise termination if a pregnant pt’s health is deteriorating? @GreerDonley (#law professor) on theoretical risks #ACR22 @rheumnow https://t.co/L4FBWcKZnE


TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
2 years 10 months ago
Stop MTX and increase folic acid to 5 mg/day for pts who find themselves with an unintentional #pregnancy. -@CuoghiE #ACR22 @rheumnow https://t.co/uChPU6zrwv


Richard Conway RichardPAConway
2 years 10 months ago
Corriere et al Duloxetine and gabapentin have similar rates of MI and stroke in non-cancer pain. There was some theoretical concern that duloxetine could increase risk but not evident here @RheumNow #ACR22 Abstr#1195 https://t.co/E3S9Md5XWq https://t.co/8KMtcU6d1B

Much has been written about tapering medications in rheumatic diseases, often due to high costs of medications, a desire to avoid side effects and patient preference to take less medications (especially if they have side effects).
This is countered by something we all know: medications not taken don’t work, and those that are frequently missed may not provide optimal outcomes for the majority of patients.

Richard Conway RichardPAConway
2 years 10 months ago
Wiebe et al. Steroids <=5mg/day not associated negative effect on BMD. Of course steroid-related increase in fracture risk is not fully captured by BMD effect @RheumNow #ACR22 Abstr#1318 https://t.co/Ond5gzopRa https://t.co/HX2AUyQmsf


Richard Conway RichardPAConway
2 years 10 months ago
Singh @NamrataRheum et al. 27,421 RA patients, 8225 on b/tsDMARD. b/tsDMARDs did not increase risk of lymphoma. IR 1.68/1000PY (95% CI 1.5-1.9) on csDMARD vs IR 1.73/1000PY (95%CI 1.4-2.1) on b/tsDMARD. @RheumNow #ACR22 Abstr#1210 https://t.co/3Uvz3mvsGM https://t.co/6k3Vqb21KF


TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
2 years 10 months ago
Table by @CuoghiE on how long to wait off #teratogenic meds before trying to conceive: note 2 years fr leflunomide unless a cholestyramine washout is done #ReproductiveRheum #ACR22 @rheumnow https://t.co/l4hIBQ5XN5


Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate
2 years 10 months ago
Fascinating Abs 0653 #ACR22 In vitro models show JAKis counteract celluar cytotoxicity of HCQ in a human retinal pigment epithelial cell line and podocytes. Possible new way to dec. retinopathy/nephropathy? @RheumNow
https://t.co/5NtLoDzjKG https://t.co/GG2R03xAes

Is there finally something new on the horizon in Sjogren’s syndrome?

David Liew drdavidliew
2 years 10 months ago
Global survey of rheumatic irAE people (me included)
Standard case
Variable answers, broadly distributed
none are wrong
We'll move from expert extrapolation of concepts to data-driven answers, with the right foundations👍
ABST0776 @MDAndersonNews @msalmazor #ACR22 @RheumNow https://t.co/5gMzWuCXd7
