Follow-up Visit with Time A 62-year-old male patient returns to the office for a follow-up visit for chronic idiopathic gout without tophi. The patient’s present uric acid level is 4.0, and he is now taking allopurinol 450 mg per day. Previously, he was taken off indapamide due to an increase in his uric acid. He…

Reducing Gout Flare Frequency Saves Money
A new data-driven study tracked and analyzed gout-related healthcare costs for more than three years, determining the financial burden of flares and the possible benefit of proper flare management…

Phase 3 Studies Evaluate Lesinurad for Gout Treatment
For 12 months, two studies examined the use of lesinurad in combination with allopurinol to treat gout, with patients achieving reduced serum uric acid levels and demonstrating no severe toxicity.
2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Innate Immunity at the Core of Rheumatic Disease
Rheumatology Research Foundation Memorial Lectureship honors work of renowned rheumatologist Stephen Malawista, MD
Generic Colchicine Approved for Gout Prophylaxis
The cost for therapeautic gout treatment may soon go down, thanks to a recent court ruling
2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: New Directions for Gout
Economics of care, more aggressive treatment targets needed for better gout management
Metabolic Biosensor Implicated in Gout
AMP-activated protein kinase may be link between nutritional excess, inflammation that leads to gout
2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Rheumatology Drug Updates, Safety News
Plus, hydrocodone combination products and brodalumab
Coding Corner Answers: January
Proper coding for cases of drug-induced gout, systemic lupus erythematosus with lung involvement, inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis
Coding Corner Questions: January
Coding cases of drug-induced gout, systemic lupus erythematosus with lung involvement, inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis
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