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Postpartum depression more common in pregnant women with rheumatic disease
Postpartum depression more common in pregnant women with rheumatic disease
19 Oct 2023
Prednisolone ≥5 mg/day doubles risk of MACE in RA patients
Prednisolone ≥5 mg/day doubles risk of MACE in RA patients
17 Oct 2023 byChristina Lau

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), use of systemic glucocorticoids (GC) is associated with a time- and dose-dependent increase in risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), a population-based real-world study has shown. On long-term follow-up, a prednisolone dose of ≥5 mg/day is associated with a doubled risk of MACE vs no GC use, and no safe duration of use is found for this daily GC dose.

Prednisolone ≥5 mg/day doubles risk of MACE in RA patients
17 Oct 2023