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Generic-Drug Price Fixing: Is It Happening?

Philip Seo, MD, MHS  |  May 17, 2018

It started with an inhaler. Like many of you, I am a rheuma­tologist. And like you, I see some patients more often their own primary care provider. This is so often the case that I have gradually devolved into their backup, all-purpose doctor. I am the doc they notify when they get hospitalized for pneumonia…

Filed under:OpinionRheuminationsSpeak Out Rheum Tagged with:generic competitiongeneric drug makersnot-for-profit generic drugmaker

FDA Expands Label for Insulin Degludec; Adalimumab Biosimilar Moves Forward After Legal Battle

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  April 18, 2018

The FDA has expanded the label for insulin degludec to include data on improved cardiovascular outcomes and deceased severe hypoglycemia…

Filed under:Drug Updates

Reduced Serum Uric Acid Levels May Protect Against Renal Function Decline

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  April 2, 2018

New research examined the link between a reduction in serum uric acid (SUA) levels and the reduced risk of renal function decline in patients with gout. The findings suggest that aggressive serum acid-lowering approaches may be helpful in slowing the progression of renal disease…

Filed under:ConditionsGout and Crystalline Arthritis Tagged with:chronic kidney diseaseGoutkidneyUric acid

Many in U.S. Take More Calcium Supplements than Necessary

Lisa Rapaport  |  March 30, 2018

(Reuters Health)—Some adults in the U.S. who use supplements to get their daily requirement of calcium are taking higher doses than necessary, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined nationally representative survey data on dietary habits and vitamin and supplement use collected between 1999 and 2014 from 42,038 adults. About one in 20 adults got a…

Filed under:Drug Updates Tagged with:calcium supplementsPamela Lutsey

The Link Between Takayasu’s Arteritis & Increased Stroke Risk

Lara C. Pullen, PhD  |  March 26, 2018

Approximately 16% of patients diagnosed with Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) experience a stroke. In a recent study, researchers found patients with TA and stroke had higher levels of C-reactive protein at diagnosis…

Filed under:Conditions Tagged with:brainstrokeTakayasu’s Arteritis

Updates on Giant Cell Arteritis

Susan Bernstein  |  March 19, 2018

SAN DIEGO—Recent research tells us more about giant cell arteritis (GCA) to help rheumatologists more accurately diagnose and effectively treat patients with this type of vasculitis. On Nov. 6 at the ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, three experts explored the latest findings on GCA pathogenesis, diagnostic approaches, imaging modalities and growing treatment options. GCA: What’s Really Happening?…

Filed under:Meeting ReportsVasculitis Tagged with:ACR/ARHP Annual Meetinggiant cell arteritis (GCA)

Updates on Managing Lupus Complications

Susan Bernstein  |  March 17, 2018

SAN DIEGO—To manage patients with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), rheuma­tologists must be aware of potentially serious complications affecting many organ systems. On Nov. 7 at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, two experts offered insights on cardiovascular and hematological complications of lupus. Myocardial Disease in Lupus Lupus patients are at increased risk for heart-related complications, especially…

Filed under:Meeting ReportsSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Tagged with:ACR/ARHP Annual MeetinganemiaCoombshemolysisLupusmyocardial inflammationSLEsplenectomy

Study Finds Newer Gout Drug Poses Risk to Heart Patients

Gene Emery  |  March 12, 2018

(Reuters Health)—Gout sufferers with major pre-existing heart disease face a higher risk of death if they are treated with the drug febuxostat, a large long-term study has concluded. The risk of death from cardiovascular disease was 34% higher with febuxostat than with allopurinol. When researchers considered deaths from any cause, the risk was 22% higher…

Filed under:ConditionsGout and Crystalline Arthritis Tagged with:AllopurinolCardiovascular diseaseFebuxostatGoutHeart Diseasestroke

The Why & What of the ACR's Clinical Practice Guidelines

The Why & What of the ACR’s Clinical Practice Guidelines

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD  |  February 18, 2018

With the support of its membership, the ACR publishes clinical practice guidelines in multiple disease areas based on the best available clinical and scientific data. These aim to support health professionals treating rheumatology patients to give the best possible care. Like any set of medical guidelines, ACR guidelines are based on evidence of several different…

Filed under:Practice Support Tagged with:Clinical Practice GuidelinesThe American College of Rheumatology

Managing Myositis in 3 Different Scenarios

Susan Bernstein  |  February 18, 2018

SAN DIEGO—In Hot Topics in Myositis, a session held Nov. 7 at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, rheumatologists discussed treating myositis patients in three different clinical scenarios: persistently elevated creatine kinase (CK), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies and lung disease. Elevated CK Patients with persistently elevated levels of CK enzyme and normal muscle strength “may still have…

Filed under:ConditionsMeeting ReportsMyositisSoft Tissue Pain Tagged with:ACR/ARHP Annual MeetingcreatineInterstitial Lung Diseasemyositisnecrotizing myopathy

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