As a primary care provider, how do I reconcile the different types of immunosuppression? I realize that solid organ transplant immunosuppression is much more intense and riskier compared to medications like Humira or Dupixent, or an undetectable viral load in HIV. How do these differences affect cervical cancer screening?
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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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