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What is your approach to using apremilast for psoriatic arthritis in patients with history of depression?

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Do you utilize apremilast in patients with a history of depression?

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Rheumatology · Georgetown University School of Medicine
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Depression is a common comorbidity of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (20% at least mild and 14% at least moderate in a recent meta analysis). Depression is a known but relatively infrequent side effect of apremilast (<1.8% in clinical trials). It is important to screen for depression in all patie...

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