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Medications for Treatment of Acute Gout
 - NSAIDs
 - Colchicine (Colcrys)
 - Corticosteroids
#Acute #Gout #Medications #Treatment
Medications for ... Gout - NSAIDs ... #Medications #Treatment ... #Management #AAFP ... #Rheumatology
Medications for Prevention of Chronic Gout
Colchicine (Colcrys)
Pegloticase (Krystexxa)
Probenecid
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors:
 - Allopurinol (Zyloprim)
 - Febuxostat (Uloric)
#Chronic
Medications for ... Prevention of Chronic Gout ... #Medications #Treatment ... #Management #AAFP ... #Rheumatology
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Approach to Gout ... diet, d/c culprit medications ... (ULT): 1) 2+ flares ... /year 2) Gouty ... #ULT #rheumatology
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks and Benefits in Lupus
Benefits:
↓ Disease activity, ↓ Flare, ↓ Damage, ↓ Corticosteroid dose,
Hydroxychloroquine - Risks ... and Benefits in Lupus ... recommended with other medications ... #Benefits #Lupus ... #sideeffects #rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
inflammatory response Risk ... Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... treatment; consider ... drug failure • Risk ... #rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Non-autoimmune rheumatologic ... C4 accompanies flares ... Thrombosis highest risk ... activation and/or medications ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
CPPD vs Gout ... Conditions for Gout ... inflammatory response Risk ... Metabolic syndrome • Medications ... #Comparison #rheumatology
Drug Induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
> 100 drugs have been associated with drug-induced SLE
High risk (>5%):
 •
Induced Systemic Lupus ... for 1 year of treatment ... SLE #Systemic #Lupus ... Erythematosus #medications ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
transformation) Treatment ... chemotherapy for low-risk ... disease • Indications ... for Treatment: ... Leukemia #oncology #hematology
Gout - Management
Acute Gout Flare
 1) colchicine, NSAIDs, glucocorticoids
 2) Anakinra (IL-1 inhibitor)
When to Start Urate
Gout - Management ... Acute Gout Flare ... 3) 2+ gout flares ... #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology