Mean time to total resolution of all tophi was 9.9 months on Pegloticase - velocity of resolution was very heterogenous #ACR19 @rheumnow 3S050

Reductions in mean arterial pressure, systolic & diastolic BP in responders to biweekly Pegloticase Not associated with any changes in renal function. Independent of any effect XaNthine Oxidase #ACR19 @rheumnow 3S050

Prednisone at 5mg po daily for over three months is a FRAX risk factor we need to remember. Knowledge bowl pearls. @RheumNow #ACR19

Uveitis is associated with bisphosphonates. Calcium citrate is useful in pts with history of renal calculi. Knowledge bowl pearls. #ACR19 @RheumNow

Almost all patients with pain have mixed pain states, so working out effective therapies for their pain depends on the proportion of each type of pain they have: nociceptive/neuropathic/centralised pain #ACR19 FM MTP Prof Clauw @RheumNow

Bechterew’s disease is an eponym for AS. #ACR19 @RheumNow knowledge bowl!

Benjamin Franklin had PsO which may have predisposed him to gout. Hippocrates is credited with the first description of scleroderma!pearls from Knowledge Bowl preliminaries. #ACR19 @RheumNow

Looks like the numbers are in. Last year’s great debate with Dr Petri who argued to keep HCQ 6.5mg/kg/d in SLE lost out to what rheums do in clinical practice @rheumnow

@ACR19 @rheumnow #ACRBest Abstr#L01:Risk for hosp serious infx (SIE) in PsO/PsA from multi-databse cohort (n=123,383) w/TNFi/IL17i/IL12-23i/or apremilast 1. Highest risk w/Infliximb 2. Lowest risk w/Ixekizmb & ustekmb 3. Ustekmb had lowest risk even when compared to apremilast

When using medications for fibromyalgia, which do you find most effective? #ACR19 @RheumNow