How do you approach medication management in patients with RA when transitioning from csDMARD triple therapy to anti-TNF?
Which csDMARD do you taper in order, and is there a tapering strategy (duration/dose)?
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Do you tend to utilize triple therapy over biologics in your elderly patients with RA?
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Rheumatology · University of Cincinnati
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There is not a one-size-fits-all approach to this question. Drug transitions can be influenced by several factors including individual side effects of medications, patient preference for other reasons, disease co-morbidities, ability to use prednisone as bridge therapy, etc. In general, hydroxychlor...
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Rheumatology · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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I largely agree. The quality of alternative options with biologics and Jak inhibitors has made this issue largely moot; people do very well no matter how they are transitioned.
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