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U.S. FDA Approves First-Ever Implant to Treat Opioid Addiction

Natalie Grover  |  

(Reuters)—The first-ever implant to fight addiction to opioids, a class of drugs that includes prescription painkillers and heroin, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. The matchstick-sized implant, developed by Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. and privately owned Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, is by design less susceptible to abuse or the illicit resale that plagues…

Regeneron Pain Drug Clears Late-Stage Trial

Reuters Staff  |  

(Reuters)—Drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Monday its experimental drug to treat moderate to severe osteoarthritis pain was successful in a late-stage study. The drug, fasinumab, was tested on 421 patients with a history of inadequate pain relief or intolerance to current painkillers. Fasinumab binds to nerve growth factor (NGF) proteins and block their activity,…

OA Knee Pain Treatment Enters Clinical Trials, Ixekizumab Receives FDA Approval & Belimumab Promising for SLE Patients

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Clinical trials have begun to determine if disodium zoledronate tetrahydrate is safe and effective for treating pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The FDA has approved the use of ixekizumab for the treatment of plaque psoriasis. And a study has shown that patients with SLE treated with belimumab may be able to decrease steroid use…

2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting: Global Challenges in Rheumatic Disease Care

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SAN FRANCISCO—To convey the plight of rheumatology patients in sub-Saharan Africa, Girish Mody, MD, head of rheumatology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and past president of the African League of Associations for Rheumatology, recounted a story during the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting from the World Health Organization about a diabetes patient. The…

Practicing Mindfulness Can Help Alter Patients’ Experience With Chronic Rheumatic Diseases

Practicing Mindfulness Can Help Alter Patients’ Experience with Chronic Rheumatic Diseases

C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD  |  

Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while acknowledging and non-judgmentally accepting one’s feelings, thoughts and bodily sensations. Known in Sanskrit as smrti, meaning “to remember,” in Pali, the language of early Buddhist scriptures, it is recognized by the word sati (mindfulness).1 Derived from ancient meditative Buddhist disciplines,…

Diagnostic Imaging in Patient with Chronic Left Ankle Pain: History

Cianna Leatherwood, MD, & Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD  |  

Editor’s note: In this recurring feature, we first present a series of images (this page) for your review, and then a brief discussion of the findings and diagnosis. Before you turn to the discussion, examine these images carefully and draw your own conclusions. History A 49-year-old woman presents with one year of chronic left ankle…

Diagnostic Imaging in Patient with Chronic Left Ankle Pain: Findings

Cianna Leatherwood, MD, & Derrick J. Todd, MD, PhD  |  

Radiographic imaging showed circumferential soft tissue swelling of the ankle with a soft-tissue density seen in the tibiotalar and posterior subtalar joints, as well as a large, lobulated effusion. MRI of the left ankle shows cystic changes within the talus and first cuneiform bones, as well as a lobulated abnormal soft tissue density with low…