Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug and Shingles WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug and Shingles
A certain class of medication commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis may increase the risk of shingles. This risk increases among the elderly who are also taking steroids. Scientists believe these findings should only raise awareness among physicians and patients as a potential complication.1
Fast Facts:
- Shingles is caused by herpes zoster, the chicken pox virus.2
- Data from about 5,000 patients was analyzed for this study.2
- This is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ U.S. News & World Report: Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Raise Shingles Risk (Feb. 17, 2009)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Press Association: Drug Increases Shingles Risk (Feb. 17, 2009)
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- Last update: Nov. 11, 2009
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: RA and Shingles, Shingles and RA
- Last update: Nov. 11, 2009
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