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How would you approach immunosuppression in a patient with well-controlled HIV and RF+ rheumatoid arthritis breaking through hydroxychloroquine with ongoing inflammation confirmed on ultrasound?

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Rheumatology · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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There is a reasonable amount of literature on this topic. The consensus is that if ongoing HAART therapy is effective at controlling viral load and maintained, Methotrexate and TNF antagonists are well tolerated; they do not seem to affect HIV viral load. The safety of JAK inhibitors, leflunomide, a...

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