While it is highly desirable to avoid medications during conception and pregnancy, statistics show that >90% of women take at least one drug during pregnancy and nearly half will take 3 or more medications during pregnancy.
The RheumNow Week in Review discusses the past week's news, journal articles and highlights from RheumNow.com. This week's report discusses regulatory actions by NICE and FDA, higher death rates in RA and psoriasis, increased risk of RA with Asthma, rising numbers for OA, RA, and STDs.
The RheumNow Week in Review discusses the past week's news, journal articles and highlights from RheumNow.com.
PLOS reports greater than 90% efficacy when rituximab (RTX) is used to treat patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD).
The RheumNow Week in Review discusses the past week's news, journal articles and highlights from RheumNow.com. This week's report discusses metabolic syndrome in lupus, bisphosphonate holidays, vasculitis and vascular inflammation, Vaccination and the repeated wonders of Vitamin D.
The current issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology features an editorial and two novel articles on the herpes zoster vaccine.
The RheumNow Week in Review discusses the past week's news, journal articles and highlights from RheumNow.com.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews new FDA decisions on sirukumab and tofacitinib as well as other news items from the past week on RheumNow.com.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and articles from the past week on RheumNow.com:
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news from the past week on RheumNow.com:
A recent analysis of 3 groups of treatment-naïve, early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA) patients looked at the factors that influenced the choice of therapy.
Friday was a mega-day in Madrid as this day all the late-breaking (LB) abstracts were presented, in addition to the bulk of high-impact podium presentations in several areas.
Here are the major presentations from several clinical areas:
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