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Thursday Dec 20, 2007
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Friday Sep 14, 2007
Doctors Often Scoff at Reports of Statin Myopathy, UCSD Researchers Say

Myopathy is the most common adverse drug reaction (ADR) reported by patients taking statins, but a new study finds that doctors often wrongly dismiss these reports...Golomb BA, et al. Drug Safety. 2007;30:669-675.

Monday Nov 15, 2004
New Approaches Show Promise in Refining Treatment and Assessment of SLE

Autologous stem cell transplant and rituximab show promise in refractory disease, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate test may be more useful than CRP in showing disease activity... Alexander T et al. Presented at: Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology; October 19, 2004; San Antonio, Tex.