Benlysta Use Found to Be Safe and Effective

Benlysta Use Found to Be Safe and Effective

Long-term use of Benlysta (belimumab), an approved therapy, is both safe and effective, reducing disease activity in most systemic lupus erythematosus patients, according to a study that followed patients in the U.S. for seven years.

Despite more than half of the cohort taking vitamin D supplements, 58% of Thai patients with SLE had vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency...

Researchers in Thailand conducted a cross-sectional study of 101 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; mean age, 40.13 years; 96% women). Blood samples were collected and stored. Radioimmunoassay was used to measure levels of serum 25(OH) vitamin D (25[OH]D). Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency were considered at 30 ng/mL and 20 ng/mL, respectively. After demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected, univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were used to examine their associations with 25(OH)D level.

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Despite its prevalence, leukopenia typically was not persistent or a risk factor for severe infection among patients with SLE, according to recent study results by researchers in Thailand.

Despite its prevalence, leukopenia typically was not persistent or a risk factor for severe infection among patients with SLE, according to recent study results by researchers in Thailand.

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