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When do you use tacrolimus in patients with myositis-related interstitial lung disease?

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Rheumatology · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Tacrolimus can be used as a first-line treatment for any myositis-related ILD; however, it does require more frequent monitoring than other agents. I usually use tacrolimus as a first-line treatment for MDA5-associated ILD given the published literature from Japan and China. In the majority of cases...

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