INFO - A Call to Arms: Treat Rheumatologic Disorders Early and Effectively with Disease-modifying Therapy

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Hospital for Special Surgery

June 02, 2003

" A Call to Arms: Treat Rheumatologic Disorders Early and Effectively with

Disease-modifying Therapy "

Musings

A. Paget, MD, FACP, FACR

Physician-in-Chief and Chairman of the Division of Rheumatology

Hospital for Special Surgery

The ph P. Routh Professor of Medicine

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Excerpt:

" Most rheumatologists would agree that early, appropriate therapy is

mandatory and necessary for an optimal outcome in nearly every one of our

disorders. However, despite the fact that excellent evidence supports the

use of disease-modifying treatments, we still see many patients with

osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and gout

who are not optimally treated in a timely manner. Respectively, our

disease-modifying armamentarium for these disorders includes

bisphosphonates, DMARDs, hydroxychloroquine-steroids-cyclophosphamide, and

allopurinol. So, why does this happen? "

http://www.hss.edu/Professionals/Conditions/Rheumatoid-Arthritis/Treat-Rheumatic\

-Disorders-Early

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org