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How do you approach managing nausea and GI side effects when initiating methotrexate?

How will you sequence therapies in dermatomyositis given the results of the ProDERM trial?

Will you still favor starting with steroids and traditional immunosuppressive agents, move IVIG earlier in your treatment strategy, or start with IVIG...

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Would you avoid combining JAK inhibitors with IVIG given the risk of thromboembolism?

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How do you recommend tapering IVIG in patients whose inflammatory myositis has achieved remission?

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Which myositis patients are good candidates for IVIG?

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How long can you treat dermatomyositis with IVIG?

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When tapering moderate to high doses of long term steroids do you routinely monitor for adrenal insufficiency?

Do you attempt to taper fully or maintain at a low dose?

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Would you give checkpoint inhibitor therapy to a cancer patient with known dermatomyositis given the association of checkpoint inhibitor associated myocarditis, myasthenia gravis, and myositis?

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How do you approach the management of patients on lamotrigine who develop a minor rash?

Should one restart lamotrigine or look for an alternative? If no other alternative available, is slow titration vs regular titration preferred?

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How do you approach treating patients with trigeminal trophic syndrome?

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What is your preferred steroid sparing therapy in a patient experiencing a severe checkpoint inhibitor toxicity and not responding to high dose IV steroids?

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N Engl J Med, 2022 Oct 06

Trial of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Dermatomyositis.

The New England journal of medicine, 1993-12-30

A controlled trial of high-dose intravenous immune globulin infusions as treatment for dermatomyositis.

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