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ICYMI: Why Are Physicians Silent About Outrageous Drug Prices? https://t.co/VMEMLod8EP https://t.co/O6l5eLfFxo
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
5 hours 8 minutes ago
New podcast! Dr. Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow. This week we discuss amputations, a $57 billion RA market, an FDA approved drug for Cat arthritis and drug that works in Sjogrens.https://t.co/A2Kw7rtei6 https://t.co/U6tdmUkP73 https://t.co/Opo5cYc8UB
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
7 hours 38 minutes ago
ICYMI: JAMA study shows that, compared with usual care, colchicine did not significantly reduce mechanical ventilation or 28-day mortality in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia (HR 0.83; 95% CI, 0.67-1.02; P = .08). https://t.co/72P5EHwD8l
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
8 hours 38 minutes ago
ICYMI: Clinical trials generally fail in Sjögren's syndrome; but now a study shows that a biologic B cell inhibitor, ianalumab, met its primary endpoint with a dose-related decrease in disease activity (measured by ESSDAI) at week 24.https://t.co/o2b1kwZ9QG https://t.co/ayaDlpl7DI
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day 5 hours ago
ICYMI: Patients on biologics are NOT at higher risk for COVID-19 infx. Retrospective matched cohort study compared 7631 Biologic Rx pts to 74910 matched cohort with equal Infx & death rates. COVID infx assoc w/ age, minorities, more comorbidities https://t.co/lY1MVpBoF1
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day 6 hours ago
ICYMI: Duloxetine added to usual analgesics failed to improve pain in 132 hip or knee OA pts by WOMAC pain scores: 1) Dulox + usual care vs 2) Usual care showed no diff in pain at 3 mos or 12 mos. https://t.co/2luWWDYP81 https://t.co/KAmqlnofVv
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day 9 hours ago
New podcast! Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow. This week we discuss amputations, a $57 billion RA market, an FDA approved drug for Cat arthritis and drug that works in Sjogrens.https://t.co/Pg4snhCZyo https://t.co/ruzRs0ypcn https://t.co/zwI8baPEcn
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 day 10 hours ago
Why Are Physicians Silent About Outrageous Drug Prices? https://t.co/hLrUFCiKwm https://t.co/ZgRoW9Duo6
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days 3 hours ago
Hold Myophenolate or Not with COVID-19 Vaccination?https://t.co/9Bp8huqJ6M https://t.co/AD11BmoZE8
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days 4 hours ago
COVAX Registry: Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines in Rheum Patients
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days 5 hours ago
Study 126 rheumatic disease (RMD) patients showed that post-vaccination flares of RMD are rare. Despite being on DMARDs, biologics, immunosuppressives, the rate of RMD reactivation was 0.007 person/mo. 5 mild articular flares in 3 women https://t.co/OWXWTedw3Q
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days 7 hours ago
Can PPI accelerate knee OA? UK cohort compared need for TKR in adults over 50yrs on PPI or H2 blockers. Those on omeprazole and pantoprazole had 21%-3& more TKR than H2B (but not elevated with lansoprazole, rabeprazole (HR=0.97) https://t.co/5TqFV3TpjG
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Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
2 days 8 hours ago