By Dr Irwin Lim on November 9, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist I think that increasingly rheumatologists would like to be able to use TNF inhibitor medications much earlier in the ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 28, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The 9th International Congress of Spondyloarthropathies just took place in Ghent, Belgium. World experts, both ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 22, 2014

An hour or so after her Enbrel injection, she noticed this rash. It steadily increased in size over the day. A little tender, a little itchy. She was ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 30, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi) have been used for more than a decade as effective treatment for a variety of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on March 2, 2014

My rheumatologist mate, Ingrid Hutton, suggested I write this post. I thought it best if I approached this by telling you what I do and then ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 12, 2014

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist An international task force, comprising of prominent rheumatologists, a health economist, an infectious disease ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 22, 2014

Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) is not a new therapy. It has been used in rheumatology for decades and it's proven a very useful medication. In my ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on November 2, 2013

I felt the need to write this follow up post. The debate about Triple Therapy vs Methotrexate (read my last post to understand it) in rheumatoid ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 30, 2013

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist I've been following the American College of Rheumatology Meeting in San Diego on twitter. There's been a fair bit of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 28, 2013

Image courtesy of adamr / FreeDigitalPhotos.net By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist She has ankylosing spondylitis. Recent diagnosis. Being treated with ...