By Dr Irwin Lim on November 3, 2016

I've been reminded this week that we often get this commonly performed swapping incorrect. DMARDS are disease modifying antirheumatic drugs. We use ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 17, 2016

I'm currently in Ghent, Belgium attending the 10th International Congress on Spondyloarthritides. It's a charming place to listen to world experts ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 28, 2016

We’ve been lucky in Australia to have had access to biologic medication with a range of TNF-inhibitor medications since 2004 through a scheme where ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 21, 2016

In the post, “We need the prefiled Methotrexate subcutaneous injection pen in Australia!”, I wrote the following: "In Europe and North America, ...

By Guest blogger on July 15, 2016

This post is written by Drs Claire Barrett, Laurel Young & Katherine Poulsen. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a very common inflammatory arthritis ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on May 21, 2016

My colleagues are currently conducting a study looking at outcomes of pregnancies in women with inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as Rheumatoid ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 26, 2015

Any press is good press. I think this is true for arthritis awareness. We are so starved of media attention, that it’s a remarkable event when ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 17, 2015

Consider the situation where you have a serious chronic arthritis. It took time to diagnose, then time to work through a number of medication ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on April 29, 2015

I have not previously experienced a marketing campaign of this nature. The message repeated via mail, e-mail, print ads in medical newsletters. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 8, 2014

Another one’s here! I recently wrote about a strategy trial using Etanercept very early in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis followed by ...