Azathioprine

Concomitant medication burden is associated with antifibrotic medication intolerance among patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Methotrexate and azathioprine yielded similar risk-benefit ratios as first-line therapy for children with severe atopic dermatitis, according to a study.

A systematic review of 161 studies showed a lack of conclusive evidence on the influence and safety of immunosuppressive drugs on male sexual health, according to a study published in Human Reproduction Update.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease discontinued methotrexate therapy at twice the rate seen in those who used optimized thiopurine therapy, according to study results.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video from Crohn’s & Colitis Congress, James Lindsay, PhD, FRCP, professor of inflammatory bowel disease at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London and a consultant gastroenterologist at Barts Health NHS Trust, discusses positioning therapies in ulcerative colitis.

ATLANTA — A panel at ACR/ARP 2019 offered an overview of the new guidelines for giant cell arteritis, Takayasu’s syndrome, and polyarteritis nodosa.

ATLANTA — Treatment with repeat doses of rituximab is superior to daily azathioprine for preventing relapse among patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis with a history of relapse, according to data presented at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting.