Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

ORLANDO — Treatment of pediatric patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis with medications available to their adult counterparts is often blocked by exclusions in insurance policies and outdated step therapy requirements, according to a presentation at the Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.

Although most pediatric rheumatologists agree with published consensus treatment plans – and with each other regarding tapering steroids – for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, there is considerable disagreement related to tapering decisions for other drugs, according to survey data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.