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Nerve Growth Factor Inhibitor Study Highlights Promise as an OA Pain Treatment

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD | October 1, 2020

A study highlights the potential of fasinumab, an anti-nerve growth factor monoclonal antibody, as a pain treatment for osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Research into the risks and benefits of this therapeutic class for OA are ongoing…

FDA Receives Upadacitinib Application for Ankylosing Spondylitis & Approves Tramadol Hydrochloride Oral Solution

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | September 30, 2020

In August, Abbvie submitted a new drug application for upadacitinib to treat ankylosing spondylitis. And in September, the FDA approved an oral solution of tramadol hydrochloride for pain.

How Duke’s School of Medicine Implemented a Quality Improvement Curriculum

Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, MD, MEd, Ryan Jessee, MD, & David Leverenz, MD | July 15, 2020

It has been about 20 years since the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) published the report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, shining light on the impact of medical errors in healthcare.1 In response to that publication, the focus on quality improvement (QI) started in the inpatient setting,…

Tips for Understanding the Pathways of Pain & Choosing Treatments

Carina Stanton | May 15, 2020

SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLO.—The science underlying the neurobiology of chronic pain isn’t something rheumatologists often think about. However, pain is an important reason why patients see a rheumatologist. At the 2020 ACR Winter Symposium in January, Leslie Crofford, MD, gave two presentations addressing pain experienced by rheumatology patients, including a session on the fundamental mechanisms of…

FDA Considers Tanezumab Application for Chronic OA Pain

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP | April 20, 2020

The FDA is considering an application for subcutaneous tanezumab, a monoclonal antibody, as a treatment for moderate to severe osteoarthritis…

Experts Offer Tips for Saving Time on Electronic Medical Records

Thomas R. Collins | April 15, 2020

ATLANTA—“Bane of our existence” and “pajama time”—the dreaded time spent at night catching up on documentation—are a couple of phrases associated with the electronic medical record (EMR). To try to ease the frustration and limit the amount of time physicians have to spend using the systems, two experts reviewed tools and tricks for Epic and…

A Public Health Approach to Arthritis

Thomas R. Collins | March 12, 2020

ATLANTA—Rheumatic diseases have been the subject of a range of public health campaigns and reports over the past decade, but improving their visibility remains a work in progress, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expert said at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting. A growing attention to pain and the opioid crisis may help…