Education/ACR/EULAR

Travel During COVID-19 Pandemic

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The CDC has addressed the effects and the issues of domestic and international travel on its website.  Below is a sampling of key advice.

Copay Assistance Programs Help Patients but Confuse Them Too

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"If you're having trouble paying for your medications, Drug Company X may be able to help."

You may have heard sentences like this at the end of pharmaceutical ads on television, and some clinicians may wonder what exactly the companies do to help their patients. The help usually

RheumNow Podcast – Steroids, IVIG & the Vaccine (1.15.2021)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com. How to handle COVID19 Vaccine issues, IL-6 inhibition in COVID, Comorbidites in RA, IVIG in dermatomyositis, & more...

2020 Rheumatology Year in Review

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2020 was historic, memorable and game-changing. Under the cloud of COVID-19, there were many significant and memorable advances and setbacks for the rheumatology world. In our accounting of most read articles for 2020, (not surprisingly) 17/20 were COVID-related. Below, are our top news items

ProDERM Study: IVIG in Dermatomyositis

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The ProDERM study design and outcomes are previewed in Medicine; and as promised the results were revealed at ACR Convergence in November 2020 showing that IVIg is safe, effective and superior to placebo i(PBO) in patients with dermatomyositis (DM).

Medicare's 'Most Favored Nation' Drug-Pricing Rule in Limbo

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The fate of the Trump administration's "most favored nation" (MFN) rule for bringing down prescription drug prices remains uncertain as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to assume office later this month.

RheumNow Podcast – Lights, Camera, Zoom (1.8.2021)

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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal articles and favorite blogs from this past week on RheumNow.com.

EULAR Guidance on Patient Adherence to Meds

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Non-adherence may be the single most untold risk to suboptimal outcomes in the care of musculoskeletal disease.  It has been estimated that 30-80% of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are nonadherent to prescribed regimens.  EULAR has commissioned a task force to

COVID-19 Vaccination - Phase Ib Begins

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a timeline guidance document on when, how and who should get the commercially available COVID-19 vaccines. 

Telemedicine Less Utilized in the South and Urban Areas

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MMWR has reported on a July 2020 survey study from 1,009 Health Resources and Services Administration–funded health centers showing that urban Health centers were more likely to provide virtual visits than those in rural areas.

Telehealth has expanded healthcare access, especially in

ACR 2020 Reproductive Guidelines - Medication Use with Pregnancy (Best of 2020)

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The ACR has published guidelines to manage reproductive health issues in rheumatic disease (RMD) patients before, during and after pregnancy. In this second excerpt from their guidelines articles, we present recommendations (and good clinical practice statements) for paternal rheumatology

ACR 2020 Reproductive Guidelines - Lactation Guidance (Best of 2020)

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In this third excerpt from the ACR guidelines on managing reproductive health issues in rheumatic disease patients, we present recommendations regarding the use of glucocorticoids and guidance on lactation and medication use post-partum.

Best of 2020: New EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for SLE

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The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) have jointly developed new classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); prompted by the need for criteria that were both highly sensitive and specific. The net result is improved

Best of 2020: ACR 2020 Reproductive Guidelines - Contraception & Counseling

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The American College of Rheumatology established a guidelines committee that consisted of both patients, rheumatologists and maternal-fetal health experts. After a a systematic review of the medical literature regarding contraception, assisted reproductive technology, fertility preservation,

Best of 2020: The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Registry

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What started out as online tweets and sharing newsfeed and case reports, has progressed to the formation of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, whose mission is to create an international rheumatology registry of patients affected by the disease in order to better understand the disease