Corticosteroid dosing and opioid use are high in patients with SLE and remain elevated after belimumab initiation: a retrospective claims database analysis

Corticosteroid dosing and opioid use are high in patients with SLE and remain elevated after belimumab initiation: a retrospective claims database analysis

Objectives To investigate corticosteroid and opioid use among patients with SLE and to examine the impact of belimumab initiation on the use of other SLE therapies.Methods We identified adult patients with SLE (International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision/10th Revision 710.0 and M32) betwe...

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Main Authors: Karen H Costenbader, Jianmin Wu, Julie A Birt, Kirstin Griffing, Natalia Bello, Nicole Princic, Isabelle Winer, Carolyn R Lew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Lupus Science and Medicine
Online Access:https://lupus.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000435.full

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