Arthritis News

Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Some TNF Inhibitors Raise Shingles Risk in RA. Time to Vaccinate?
Anti-TNF monoclonal antibody drugs (adalimumab, infliximab) significantly increase herpes zoster risk in RA patients, and vaccination should be considered. Etanercept was not associated with increased herpes zoster risk...

Monday, February 16, 2009 FDA Gives Nod to Uloric^® (febuxostat), First New Gout Treatment in 40 Years
The US FDA approved 40 mg and 80 mg doses of Takeda Pharmaceutical's febuxostat (Uloric) for the chronic management of hyperuricemia in patients with gout...

Thursday, February 12, 2009 Strength Training Bests Conventional Rehab After Knee Replacement
A progressive quadriceps strengthening program may help total knee arthroplasty patients approach the functional level seen among healthy peers...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Cementless Hip Replacements: Still Sturdy After 20 Years
Hip replacements done with cementless metal cups can last up to 20 years after revision arthroplasty and even longer when used for primary hip arthroplasty...

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Anakinra Shows Modest Benefit, Some Risk in RA: Cochrane Review
The IL-1 receptor antagonist Anakinra (Kineret, Amgen) significantly improves rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients but may be less effective than other biologicals...

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 Lilly to Pursue OA Pain Indication for Cymbalta
Will OA join depression and fibromyalgia as Cymbalta indications?...

Monday, February 02, 2009 Rituximab B-Cell Depletion Stops JIA
Systemic onset JIA responded dramatically to B-cell depletion with rituximab...

Thursday, January 22, 2009 Rheumatoid Arthritis Hits Women Harder
Women are more likely than men to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, and experience the disease more severely...

Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Forget Knee OA Glucosamine, Orthotics—Lose Weight, AAOS Says
New knee arthritis guidelines from the premier American orthopaedics society say that glucosamine and/or chondroitin, custom-made shoe foot orthotics, and needle lavage are basically useless for the treatment of knee OA, but losing weight helps...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Early RA Shows as MRI Hand Tenosynovitis
MRI readily detects early arthritis as flexor tenosynovitis...