Ankylosing spondylitis
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Chronic Back Pain in Patients With Psoriasis, Uveitis, or Colitis: How Often Is It Axial Spondyloarthritis?
A substantial proportion of patients with psoriasis, uveitis, or colitis and undiagnosed chronic back pain had axial spondyloarthritis, a study...
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US Experience With Infliximab Biosimilars Suggests Need for More Development Incentives
Use of infliximab biosimilars in the United States rose slowly until three were on the market; it continued to remain lower for Medicare than for...
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Trends in Rheumatic Disease Pain Management Show Decline in Opioid Use
Since 2014, opioid use for autoimmune rheumatic decreased by 15% annually while other management modalities increased or stabilized.
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Financial Hardship Common With Rheumatologic Disease: How Can Doctors Help?
Patients with rheumatologic disease were 29% more likely than were those without such conditions to have difficulty paying medical bills. Here’s...
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Functional Limitations in Axial Spondyloarthritis Benefit From Long-term Exercise Therapy
Long-term exercise therapy for 1 year should be recommended to patients with axial spondyloarthritis and severe functional limitations.
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Debate Over Axial Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis Still Unresolved Despite New Studies
Data from two studies corroborated what was already known about axial psoriatic arthritis rather than help define or differentiate it further from...
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Patient-Driven Care Plus Telemonitoring Yields Promising Results for Spondyloarthritis
Patient-initiated care with or without remote monitoring for spondyloarthritis has been shown to work just as well as usual face-to-face care in...
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What’s in a Name: Defining Difficult-to-Treat axSpA and PsA
Ongoing efforts aim to differentiate biologically refractory cases from cases with comorbid conditions and social factors that can contribute to...
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Clear Coverage Preference for Humira Over Biosimilars Seen in Most Medicare Part D Plans
This narrow coverage limits the cost-saving potential of these biosimilar competitors, the authors of a new study said.
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Spondyloarthritis Screening Study Finds ‘High Burden of Need’ in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
More than 40% of patients with IBD screened positive for joint pain in a multicenter study, yet few patients had seen a rheumatologist in the past...
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High NSAID Use in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis May Not Raise Risk for Hypertension
There was no difference in the risk for hypertension between patients with axial spondyloarthritis who were high and low NSAID users, according to...