Treatment encompasses symptomatic medication, continuous use of colchicine as a prophylactic medication, and the administration of corticosteroids during flare-ups. In addition, a possible association between recurrent use of corticosteroids during flare-ups and shorter intercrisis periods is observed in ...
Validity of the diagnosis inflammatory arthritis The diagnosis IA was confirmed when we found, based on a correspondence with a medical specialist, the fol- lowing diagnoses in the free text fields of the EMR: oligoarthritis, polyarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and/or spondyloarthropathy. Charts ...
These paradoxical reactions often show improvement on discontinuation of the medication or on switching to another TNFi, but in some cases it is a class effect that could lead to the withdrawal of all anti-TNF agents. Close monitoring of patients treated with TNFis is necessary in order to ...
Infliximab was also tested in patients having undifferentiated arthritis, RA, psoriatic arthritis, spondylarthropathy, or juvenile chronic arthritis with persistent in- flammation despite one or more steroid injections within a year. While this study excluded patients with knee OA, gout or infection, ...