The 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effectively changed opioid prescribing with a decrease in the number of high-dose opioid prescriptions. Since then, however, there has been misapplication …
The treatment landscape for psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is evolving, yet many novel approaches have limitations. Several Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) have indications for only one of the two conditions; others carry black box warnings from the U.S. …
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) diagnosis and management have been directed by three main sets of guidelines: the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) guidelines, the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) guidelines, and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis …
Psoriasis (PsO) is a disease in which rough, scaly patches of skin develop on a significant portion of the body, most commonly the knees, elbows, trunk, and scalp. This condition has daily negative implications for quality of life that include …
Clinicians treating patients with T2D need to know how to choose and optimally use incretin therapies that have activity against common comorbidities in T2D, including obesity and CVD. Over the past decade there have been several new classes of drugs …
Recent data has led to a debate of the most effective maintenance strategy for advanced OC. Emerging data utilizing novel approaches to maintenance both further complicates the debate and sheds new light on novel effective strategies for maintenance therapy for …
Patients with narcolepsy experience excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, disrupted night-time sleep, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Patients frequently cope with these symptoms for years, at great expense to their quality of life, and often have to see multiple specialists before …
Mycophenolate is the most common immunosuppressant used for preventing organ rejection in transplant recipients and is frequently employed in other disciplines, such as rheumatology. In response to the discovery of fetal teratogenicity associated with mycophenolate use during pregnancy, the FDA …
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that affects approximately one in 2,000 individuals. The patient’s diagnostic journey is often long and complex, and narcolepsy frequently remains undiagnosed or is misdiagnosed as other conditions, including depression, schizophrenia, insomnia, or obstructive sleep …