Drug Safety: Managing Innovation in Rheumatology, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics: Volume 38-4 by John J Cush (Chief, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Presbyterian Hospital of DallasbrClinical Professor of Internal Medicine,)
Edited by Drs. Jack Cush and Kathryn Dao, this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America addresses one of the most significant issues facing the rheumatologist today--drug safety in a changing world where rheumatoid arthritis (RA) severity is less, patients are being identified and treated at a very early stage, and prevention is on the horizon. Topics covered include: communicating the risk of side effects, urate-lowering therapies, biphosphonates, biologics, malignancy risks, and administering therapies to patients with co-morbidities.