As a primary care provider, how should I adjust cervical cancer screening for patients with different types and degrees of immunosuppression, such as solid organ transplant recipients on intensive regimens versus patients on biologics like Humira or Dupixent, or people with HIV and an undetectable viral load?
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Rheumatology · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
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Dr. @Dr. First Last, I like this question a lot. We rheumatologists can tend to forget how complicated this topic can be.
I. Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), the #1 drug to treat SLE, is often mistaken as an immunosuppressant, but it is not. It is an immunomodulatory therapy without true immunosuppres...
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