ACR: most rheumatology patients respond well to COVID-19 vaccine but some questions remain

Most patients immunosuppressed for a rheumatic disease are generating immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, but questions remain over what constitutes an effective response and the need for boosters, according to an expert panel convened by the American College...

Most patients immunosuppressed for a rheumatic disease are generating immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, but questions remain over...

Spondyloarthritis

Patient axSpA registry data sheds light on fibromyalgia and TNFi response

Important insights into development and recovery from fibromyalgia and how comorbidities influence patient response to TNF inhibitors have been obtained from a UK registry of ankylosing spondylitis (axSpA) patients. A prospective study of 800 participants from the British Society of Rheumatology Biologics...

Important insights into development and recovery from fibromyalgia and how comorbidities influence patient response to TNF inhibitors have been obtained...

Psoriatic arthritis

Biologics for PsA: efficacy is not always what matters most to patients

Patient preferences regarding biologic treatment of their psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are understandably heterogenous but an oral route of administration is one of the big pluses, an Australian study shows. A discrete choice experiment (DCE), presented as an online survey of 164...

Patient preferences regarding biologic treatment of their psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are understandably heterogenous but an oral route of administration is...

Pain

Offer medical cannabis for chronic pain: BMJ guidelines

People living with persistent non-cancer pain should be offered a trial of non-inhaled medical cannabis on top of standard care to improve pain control, according to new advice by a panel of international experts. However, the strength of the recommendation is...

People living with persistent non-cancer pain should be offered a trial of non-inhaled medical cannabis on top of standard care...