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Adverse Event Risk Data Drive Evaluation of Psoriasis Treatments

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, CGP, RPh  |  

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…

Glucocorticoid Use for Rheumatoid Arthritis Still Sparks Debate

Anand N. Malaviya, MD, FRCP, Master-ACR  |  

Glucocorticoids: The Debate Continues Déjà vu … In past decades, rheumatologists have seen, heard, practiced and taught much of what has been argued in the “ongoing debate” on the use of glucocorticoids (GCs) in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).1 It is heartening to note that eminent professors have stuck to their premise all these…