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Articles tagged with "Biologics"

Evidence Lacking for Tests for Psoriasis Patients Using Biologic Agents

Will Boggs, MD  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Various organizations recommend dozens of screening and monitoring tests for patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis who are using systemic biologic agents, despite sparse evidence to support any of them. “At a population level, these medications have proven to be very safe and the evidence does not support such extensive and frequent…

Biologic Drugs for Psoriasis Are Rarely Stopped for AEs

Joan Raymond  |  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Real-world psoriasis patients receiving biologic therapies rarely stop taking the drugs because of adverse effects, researchers say. Although data from long-term registries have shown similar results, “the demographics of patients in registries are somewhat different than those of patients in real-world practices,” Dr. Jensen Yeung told Reuters Health by email. “I have…

Rising Costs of Biologics in the U.S. Suggest Need for Negotiation Ability

Rob Goodier (Reuters Health)  |  

The costs of some disease-modifying therapies outpace prescription drug inflation, saddling insured patients with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket payments and delayed or denied coverage, two new studies have shown. Disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis are rising in cost five to seven times faster than inflation and cost more in the United States than in…

Rheumatology Outreach in Macedonia

Carole Dodge, OT, CHT  |  

Occupational therapist Carole Dodge, OT, CHT, describes experience providing hand therapy to patients with arthritis, rheumatic disease