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Would you re-challenge patients who have had a TNF-associated paradoxical adverse event (such as inflammatory bowel disease) with a different TNF inhibitor?

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Rheumatology · Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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I honestly have not heard of IBD as a paradoxical event with TNF inhibitors (unless possibly in a patient with underlying IBD that was not being treated adequately with etanercept rather than a monoclonal anti-TNF antibody). On the other hand, I have seen paradoxical psoriasis with TNF inhibitor use...

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