ACR Convergence

Researchers explored the disease activity of patients with axial spondylarthritis after various modifications to their diets.

Researchers aimed to address the associations between gout and ischemic events, specifically ischemic colitis.

A number of new, nonopioid osteoarthritis treatment options are either available for patients or in the development pipeline.

PROMIS scores demonstrated the disparities between reported pain and mental health outcomes.

Despite an interest in services, a majority of women do not have these critical conversations with their health care providers.

Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with a higher risk of cervical dysplasia due to the inflammatory nature of the disease.

NSAIDS are typically the first line of treatment for axial spondyloarthritis.

Chronic pain is more prevalent—and more severe—in veterans compared with the general US population.

Researchers explored the benefits of tai chi and prevalence of liver disease in patients with osteoarthritis.

Investigators evaluated the role that cannabis plays in pain management in different populations with rheumatic diseases.

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is considered a psychiatric disorder and is associated with moderate to severe physical, affective, and behavioral symptoms.

The Mediterranean diet is largely considered one of the healthiest diets.

Investigators supplemented a slim body of existing research on CBD for pain management.

Patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases are at an increased risk of herpes zoster, but research on the risk of possible vaccine-related flares following vaccination with the recombinant zoster vaccine is limited.

Non-White patients were more likely to express beliefs that medications are both harmful and overused, leading to a decrease in medication adherence.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should be encouraged to receive their yearly flu vaccine.

Patients require more information on biosimilars, but the number of switches a patient experience does not negatively impact their satisfaction with care.

Patients who lived in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas were more likely to have potentially inappropriate opioid prescriptions, compared with other types of potentially inappropriate medications.

Pharmacists are a key part of the multidisciplinary approach that health care providers should take when tapering patients off opioid therapy.

Fewer patients today are likely to express an unwillingness to change their RA medications compared with patients 15 years ago, survey results showed.

A poster presentation at ACR Convergence 2021 compared risk factors for long-term opioid use among DMARD and non-DMARD users.

The vaccine’s safety, tolerability, and efficacy was discussed across multiple abstracts presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Patients with fibromyalgia are turning to medical cannabis to improve sleep problems and other negative effects, according to a poster presentation at ACR Convergence 2021, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting.

The study, presented at ACR Convergence 2021, evaluated how methotrexate self-injection education videos on YouTube have evolved over time.