ANTI-T-N-F THERAPY NOT ASSOCIATED RISK DEVELOPING SHINGLES AUTO-IMMUNE INFLAMMATORY DISEASES

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases are at increased risk for developing infections like shingles. Many of these patients take immunosuppressive drugs to treat the inflammation and pain associated with those diseases. A new study examined whether patients beginning anti-T-N-F therapy are at a higher risk for developing shingles infection. Catherine Dolf explains in this week's JAMA Report.
Note: in spite of I don´t read the original article, and reading another ones that show the opposite position, we could say that this article is not conclusive. Actually many ot these news drugs have at least  the same risk than older inmunosupressive drugs. And the reports of adverses effects is not shown in any publication for the FDA. Eventough you could find thousands of warnings of these news therapies in Medwatch or EMA.

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