by RNSAdmin | Dec 11, 2018 | Education, Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis
Treating patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can be challenging when they fail to respond or lose their response to a specific therapy. Although we are fortunate to have a number of medications available to us with a variety of modes of action, some of our...
by RNSAdmin | Dec 4, 2018 | Education
For many patients with an autoimmune disease, including myself, finding the right answers to our issues is all about “the journey.” My journey began in my mid- 30s, when I began having daily, persistent joint pain. I went to a number of physicians and chiropractors to...
by RNSAdmin | Nov 30, 2018 | Board
A recap of 2018 ACR from RNS Board Member, Eileen J Lydon, MA, RN, ANP-BC. Some sessions from the 2018 ACR included discussions of the workforce shortage. This was addressed in the “2030 Rheumatology Odyssey,” which included challenges and opportunities for the...
by RNSAdmin | Nov 27, 2018 | Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis
When a patient is newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), there are specific treatment guidelines that are typically followed. This includes the initiation of one or more non-biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), most commonly methotrexate....
by RNSAdmin | Nov 20, 2018 | Education, Rheumatoid Arthritis
I first met JY 2 weeks ago. A 35-year-old, tall, lanky male with a 2-year history of seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA), JY initially presented to a rheumatologist in my area with only a handful of troubling issues. His labs were all negative with the exception of...
