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Are immunizations safe and effective for patients being treated with immunosuppressive agents?
Reamer L Bushardt1, Mary Winter
1Reamer L. Bushardt is professor and chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and editor-in-chief of JAAPA. Mary Winter practices in the Department of Pharmacy at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The authors have indicated no relationships to disclose relating to the content of this article.
Abstract:
Most immunizations have not been well studied in patients with drug-induced immune suppression. This article reviews strategies for administering vaccines to patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are taking disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.
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