ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 416 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Nicole P.C. Konijn1, Karin Britsemmer2, Marieke M. ter Wee1, Debby den Uyl1, Birgit S. Blomjous1, Maarten Boers3,4, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg5,6, Willem F. Lems1,6 and Michael T Nurmohamed5,7, 1Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2Jan van Breemen Research Institute | Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 3Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4Deapartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jan van Breemen Research Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 5VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6Jan van Breemen Research Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Prednisolone improves joint inflammation and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but is associated with multiple cardiovascular, metabolic and endocrine side effects and may…