Tailoring Lupus Nephritis Treatment: Key Considerations and Specialist Approaches

Author(s):

Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA,Jorge Larranaga, MD

Key Takeaways

Drug interactions, patient characteristics, and steroid use are critical in LN management, influencing treatment choices and outcomes.
Nephrologists focus on renal preservation, while rheumatologists emphasize controlling systemic lupus erythematosus, leading to differing treatment approaches.
Collaboration between nephrologists and rheumatologists is essential for optimizing LN patient outcomes and tailoring individualized treatment plans.

Panelists discuss the considerations guiding treatment choices for lupus nephritis, such as drug interactions, patient characteristics, and steroid use, and how treatment approaches might differ between nephrologists and rheumatologists.

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What considerations (eg, drug interactions, individual patient characteristics, steroid use) guide your treatment choices for managing lupus nephritis (LN)?

How might treatment approaches for LN differ between nephrologists and rheumatologists?