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Live Longer and Better With Lupus

Donald Thomas, MD, FACP, FACR

Italy 959 AD

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Hebernus Hildricus

Éracle

Liège Belgium

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The bishop of Liège, Hildricus by name … an honest and moral man… by a secret judgement of God, pitiably Or rather extraordinarily, troubled with a disease that is popularly called lupus

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It was a misery to behold him, so severely was the strength of the illness raging, consuming, devouring the man’s flesh, though feeding on the outside, Was more intimately Consuming his internal matter.

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Life Magazine, June 6, 1949

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Francis Page: Quinacrine Trial, 1950

Francis Page: Quinacrine Trial, 1950

17/18 discoid lupus cleared

1 systemic lupus improved

2 rheumatoid arthritis improved

Francis Page: Quinacrine Trial, 1950

Benefits of antimalarials

•↑ life span

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

•↓ steroid doses

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

• ↓ steroid doses

•↓ internal organ disease

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

• ↓ steroid doses

• ↓ internal organ disease

•↓ diabetes

•↓ cholesterol

•↓ blood clots

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

• ↓ steroid doses

• ↓ internal organ disease

• ↓ diabetes

• ↓ cholesterol

• ↓ blood clots

•↓ infections

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

• ↓ steroid doses

• ↓ internal organ disease

• ↓ diabetes

• ↓ cholesterol

• ↓ blood clots

• ↓ infections

•↑ energy

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

• ↓ steroid doses

• ↓ internal organ disease

• ↓ diabetes

• ↓ cholesterol

• ↓ blood clots

• ↓ infections

•↑ birth rates

Benefits of antimalarials

• ↑ life span

• ↓ steroid doses

• ↓ internal organ disease

• ↓ diabetes

• ↓ cholesterol

• ↓ blood clots

• ↓ infections

•↑ REMISSION

Problem

•50%

Problem

•50% of

patients take their

Plaquenil

Koneru S et al. Adherence to

medications in systemic lupus

erythematosus. JCR.2008;14(4):195

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Virus

↓ Vitamin

D

↓ Vitamin

D

↓ Vitamin

D

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Michelle Petri, MD

“What happens in lupus when

we improve vitamin D levels?”

Petri M, et al. Vitamin D

In systemic lupus;

A&R;7/13;65(7):1865

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Incandescent Compact fluorescent LED

Highest UV No UV

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Sulfa antibiotics

Stress

Stress

↓ Vitamin

D

The

Lupus

Secrets

Causes of Death in Lupus

Causes of Death in Lupus

• 1st – Heart attacks, strokes, blood clots

Causes of Death in Lupus

• 1st – Heart attacks, strokes, blood clots

•2nd – Infections

Causes of Death in Lupus

• 1st – Heart attacks, strokes, blood clots

• 2nd – Infections

•3rd – Severe lupus organ disease

Causes of Death in Lupus

• 1st – Heart attacks, strokes, blood clots

• 2nd – Infections

• 3rd – Severe lupus organ disease

•4th - Cancer

Prevent Infections

•Vaccines

Prevent Infections • Vaccines

–Flu shots

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Prevent Infections • Vaccines

– Flu shots

–Pneumonia shots

Pneumovax

Prevnar

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Prevent Infections

• Vaccines

– Flu shots

– Pneumonia shots

–Shingles shot

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Incidence of shingles per 1000 – person years

66 Curtis J et al, EULAR abstract 2014

Incidence of shingles per 1000 – person years

67 Curtis J et al, EULAR abstract 2014

Incidence of shingles per 1000 – person years

Prevent Infections •Vaccines

– Flu shots

– Pneumonia shots

– Shingles shot (Zostavax)

–Gardasil if < 27 yo

Prevent Infections

• Vaccines

•Fever → See Doc ASAP

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Prevent Infections • Vaccines

• Fever → See Doc ASAP

•Don’t smoke

Prevent Infections • Vaccines

• Fever → See Doc ASAP

• Don’t smoke

•Safest Lupus Treatments

– Vitamin D

– Ultraviolet light protection

– Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine)

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The Lupus “Secrets”

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