What struck me first as I walked by the exam room where Lynn P. sat was the swelling in her fingers and wrists. The bloated hands rested unnaturally on her thighs, palms up, fingers slightly flexed. Her strawberry-blond curls were offset by a high-neck, loose-fitting, burgundy sweater. Her pale skin matched her trim slacks. She had…
PSOLAR, the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry, is a multicenter, longitudinal, intercontinental, disease-based registry used to identify adverse events from commonly used psoriasis drugs.1 An evaluation of the risk of serious infection from systemic psoriasis treatments was recently published using data from PSOLAR. Ninety-three institutional review boards or ethics committees reported into the registry from…
For six years, the Psoriasis Longitudinal Assessment and Registry (PSOLAR) has collected data to assess the infection risk for drugs treating systemic psoriasis.
Safety The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the Warnings and Precautions sections of prescribing information for the bisphosphonate agents, including risedronate sodium tablets and combinations with calcium (Actonel/Atelvia), alendronate and combinations with vitamin D (Binosto/Fosamax), ibandronate (Boniva), etidronate (Didronel) and the RANK-ligand inhibitor denosumab (Prolia/Xgeva).1 This information relates to an increased risk for…
Questions around prescribing steroids as bridge therapy, in long-term low dosages, or low-dose timed-release formulas, or not at all evoke controversy among rheumatologists
Common form of primary vasculitis difficult to identify, treat, but latest research suggests potential new therapeutic targets
A case of difficult-to-diagnose Whipple’s disease
Researchers find link between hyperuricemia and higher serum uric acid levels in patients with APOE ε2ε3 genotype and APOE-ε2 allele
Study finds consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily can increase women’s chance of developing seropositive RA by more than 60%
Wearable smart-glass device could enable untethered access to electronic health records, be conduit for clinical decision making