Specific criteria for diagnosing drug-induced lupus have not been formally established. However, symptoms often overlap with those of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These include: muscle and ...

The drugs most commonly used in this setting ... evidence Prevent damage Minimize both damage due to systemic lupus erythematosus and as consequence of medications, particularly glucocorticoids ...

1,2 The relation of this drug-induced disease to spontaneously occurring lupus erythematosus, as yet undetermined, is important because it may provide some clues to the pathogenesis and prevalence ...

BACKGROUND: Statins have been increasingly associated with drug-induced autoimmune reactions, including lupus erythematosus. OBJECTIVE: To identify and determine the clinical and biological ...

Merck KGaA’s oral TLR7/8 inhibitor enpatoran has failed to meet the primary endpoint in a subgroup of patients, but ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved anifrolumab in 2021 for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, the most common form of lupus. Anifolumab Is a monoclonal antibody that ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues and organs, causing inflammation and damaging organs.

The following is a summary of “Dual seropositive nonerosive lupus arthritis: rhupus or not?” published in the February 2025 issue of Advances in Rheumatology by Pekdiker & Kara. Researchers conducted ...

Significantly, chronic exposure to procainamide may cause drug-induced lupus erythematosus. Disopyramide may be used for vagally mediated AF and obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Specific criteria for diagnosing drug-induced lupus have not been formally established. However, symptoms often overlap with those of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These include: muscle and ...