Specific Antibiotic Use Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis, Flare Risk
Researchers aimed to determine the association of antibiotic usage and rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and flares.
Researchers aimed to determine the association of antibiotic usage and rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and flares.
Researchers assessed the risk for rheumatoid arthritis in patients receiving antibiotics.
Officials with the FDA have approved safety labeling changes for fluoroquinolones, to enhance warnings about their association with disabling and potentially permanent side effects and to limit their use in patients with less serious bacterial infections
Providing a low-cost mail-based intervention incorporating social norm feedback on high antibiotic use can consistently reduce such use over a 6-month period, according to a randomized, national study in England.