Questions discussed in this category
Given the side effect profile and risk of relapse off oral TXA therapy, do you prefer pulse dosing (i.e., 3 months on, 3 months off) or continuous the...
For instance - any tips regarding coordination of care/transportation, associated lymphedema management, wound care, and pain control would be welcome...
Have you found dose adjustments to be effective?
Especially in the elderly population
Any experience with risankizumab as a treatment option?
Do you have a preference for biologics or phosphodiesterase inhibitors?
This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: Cost Effectiveness of HCQ Screening.
Would you send to allergy for omalizumab?
Currently on 6 mg dexamethasone daily post-hospitalization. Insurance is denying acitretin. Would an IL-23 inhibitor like Skyrizi be appropriate? Otez...
Do you first try adding topicals or UV? At what point do you decide to switch biologics and at that point do you try to class switch to a different MO...
Patient is already on topical high potency corticosteroids.
Any updated safety data on IL-17, IL-23 in pregnancy?
Do you generally feel they work well? Have patients tried using this a few days before an activity, such as skiing? Especially for otherwise healthy, ...
Are you considering also using it for the treatment of warts?
What treatment modalities have you tried for "dermal hypersensitivity reaction"?
This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: Bissonnette et al., PMID 38324484
How frequently can you repeat the oral course?
What about for Effexor, specifically?
Are you less likely to prescribe it for patients with dyslipidemia or autoimmune disease?
How do you balance concern for causing skin hypopigmentation with many of the traditional treatment modalities we have?
Is isotretinoin the only effective option?
Given that Accutane can affect calcium homeostasis, would you recommend continuing Accutane or are additional steps or workups warranted?
Do you reserve biologics for more systemic involvement? When do you initiate biologics such as secukinumab?
Healthy kid <5 years old with hemangioma measuring 6 cm. No prior therapy was trialed. Lesions not growing or involuting.
Are you aware of any data regarding relative risk of molluscum contagiosum infection in reference to DMARDs/biologics?
Randolph & Tosti, PMID 32622136
SLE manifestations include arthralgias and cytopenias which are stable. Previously did well on methotrexate, but developed GI side effects. HCQ is on ...
Patient has had previous failure of methotrexate. Would you switch to alternative (TNFi or Rituximab) or continue abatacept with regular dermatology...
The patient has ongoing inflammatory arthritis despite methotrexate, apremilast, and jak inhibitor trials.
For example, a 1 year old healthy female twin in whom a lesion appeared 6 mos ago and has been stable in size.
On exam, left upper back 1.3cm x 1cm s...
What treatment regimen have you found most effective?
Do you recommend any lifestyle changes or prescribe oral azoles?
Any experience with topical r...
Do you start/trial them on another biologic or just rely on topical therapies?
Female in her early 40s with chronic spontaneous urticaria occurring consistently only at night for the past 4 years. Lesions develop only at night wh...
What treatment do you initiate before you have a clear diagnosis?
Drug elimination is often helpful, but some triggers are not easy to identify because they are found in food items.
I have a patient with recently diagnosed primary biliary cholangitis/cirrhosis (PBC) with SSc. Her laboratory values are within normal limits, but end...
Do you empirically treat itchy patients -with a non specific rash- for scabies without obvious clinical findings for scabies?
Given the lack of efficacy of most treatment options, do you generally try to treat calcinosis cutis that is not bothering the patient even if it is q...
Back and chest who deferred systemic antibiotic.
Have you had experience continuing low dose Accutane past the goal dosage recommendation?
Do you use combination therapies such as betamethasone and calcipotriene foam?
And what factors push you towards the selection of a specific treatment modality?
Dutasteride versus Finasteride
What topical therapies have you found most effective? Have you found laser therapy to be effective?
What side effects do you highlight in conversation with them? How do you approach toxicity monitoring?
Are there patients that you find respond best to these therapies?
Mother's insurance plan has a high deductible and phototherapy is inconvenient (family lives 50 minutes away).
Would you combine antibiotics with isotretinoin?
I have an elderly patient with a history of biopsy-proven psoriasis on IL-17 biologic therapy. She has developed an intense itch without a primary ras...
With no high-risk exposure do you repeat quant gold?
Do you order blood work to evaluate for underlying dyslipidemia or other metabolic diseases?
Do you favor one treatment over the other?
Do you find one treatment more effective than the other?
(preschool-aged patients)
Have you had success with deroofing or surgical excision? Is ILK the best option?
Do you frequently order liver biopsies for these patients?This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference ...
Have you recommended supplementing less common supplements such as zinc or selenium?
Do your recommendations differ depending on the fragrance category (i.e fragrance mix I, II or balsam of Peru)?
How do you navigate insurance coverage?
Do you utilize a standardized script or questionnaire and if so, what types of questions are you including? Would you use JAK inhibitors in patients w...
For example - keeping a baby under 1 year on tacrolimus ointment for 3 months BID
How has this impacted your counseling and management?
Do you recommend a six-month wait period? Have you had patients that developed poor outcomes due to pursuing cosmetic procedures too early after compl...
And if so how soon after do you start?
What’s your preferred NSAIDs and next steps?
How do you compare safety to other oral immunosuppressants such as Methotrexate, CellCept, or Azathioprine?
What is your experience with ritlecitinib and how does it compare to baricitinib?
Have you had success with topical lovastatin or PDT?
https://www.jaad.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0190-9622%2824%2903329-2
Do anti-inflammatory topicals such as niacinamide or sulfur-based products help with this type of rosacea?
Do you recommend any dietary changes or supplements? Do you modify your recommendations if the patient is breast feeding?
Have any patients reported side effects?
Have you tried any of the newer biologics?
Do you typically order a systemic workup? And, after topical corticosteroids, what other treatment options do you prefer?
Do you do blood work? Or do you rely on review of systems?
Are dilute bleach baths enough? Should they use any topical therapies? Is there a need for Staph decolonization with something like mupirocin?
In what cases do you discontinue the medication?
Do you attempt to taper fully or maintain at a low dose?
Are there ways to overcome barriers in insurance coverage of this combination of treatments?
Any evidence behind this practice?
Do you prescribe JAK inhibitors as first-line treatments?
Do you perform any lab monitoring?
Have you tried hyaluronidase?
What labs do you order? How often do you order labs?
Have you ever needed to discontinue isotretinoin due to lab abnormalities?
There have been reports suggesting that patients with CTCL may be at increased risk for other malignancies.
Are there cases where food or environmental allergies significantly worsen eczema in children?
Does your treatment management differs for oral erosive lichen planus?
How would you approach patients with active malignancy on chemo and radiation?
If so, where can patients find it? And besides topical clindamycin, what other topicals do you find helpful for individual lesions?
I have heard of long-term pentoxifylline and Vitamin E daily combination that can prevent and even reverse radiation fibrosis (Delanian et al., PMID 1...
The symptoms can be really miserable.I try to control it with antihistamines (don't find these helpful in most cases) and topical steroids, but that d...
Isotretinoin provides a permanent benefit to acne because it atrophies sebaceous glands. My assumption is that it leaves the skin and eyes permanently...
Is long-term oral ivermectin ok? What topical therapies other than topical ivermectin do you recommend/prescribe?
Do you refer them to Ophthalmology? Have you had to switch patients off of Dupixent due to their ocular side effects?
Is a positive thimerosal test always a false positive?
I prefer dutasteride for its safety and efficacy compared with minoxidil which can interact with different drugs and food.
Also, minoxidil is a hyper...
Does topical 5FU cause eruptive keratoacanthomas or have any other concerning side effects?
Have you had success with therapies such as L- carnitine and other remedies?
Do you recommend any changes to their personal hygiene practices? or changes to their environment?
Especially after surgical procedures
Any success with hydroxychloroquine?
What recommendations do you provide if there is concern that the patient is beginning to flare? Have you prescribed any of the new JAK inhibitors?
When would you de-escalate therapy?
What are your preferred treatment methods other than topical Vitamin E and azole antifungals?
Would starting spironolactone be a good option?
In your experience, do specific patient features predict a better response?
For kids experiencing moderate to severe urticaria that improve with single-dose antihistamine, do you scale up the manufacturer packaging dosages up ...
Do you prefer restarting the biologic with the loading or maintenance dosing?
Would you switch to itraconazole or perform fungal cultures?
When would you consider repeating the course of treatment?
In other words, do we think of TNFi induced lupus and TNFi induced psoriasis as a drug effect or a class effect?
Specifically: starting dose, rapidity of up-titration, frequency of lab monitoring, frequency of office visits, and timing of assessment for treatment...
Muscle disease is quiescent and no other manifestations such as ILD
This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: ADIRA Diet
If this upstages the patient, do you modify treatment recommendations?
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