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Dr. Justin Willer interviews Dr. Lisa Hobson Webb about her Muscle and Nerve article on safely tapering mycophenolate mofetil in myasthenia gravis patients. MMF is frequently used to treat patients with MG but there is little information to guide clinicians on the safety of reducing the dose in well-controlled patients. Discussion includes standard dosages, determining clinical response to MMF and suggested goals in tapering MMF. Muscle Nerve. 2015 Aug;52:211-5. doi: 10.1002 mus.24694. Epub 2015 Jun 18.
In this second part of the Clinical Presentation and Acquired Causes of Rhabdomyolysis podcast, Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Jessica Nance and Andrew Mammen about their paper Diagnostic evaluation of rhabdomyolysis from the June 2015 issue of Muscle and Nerve. Rhabdomyolysis is characterized by severe acute muscle injury resulting in muscle pain, weakness, and/or swelling with release of myofiber contents into the bloodstream. Symptoms develop over hours to days after an inciting factor and may be associated with dark pigmentation of the urine. This podcast focuses on the inherited etiologies. For the article in Muscle and Nerve refer to Muscle Nerve 51: 793-810, 2015.
Dr. Stephen Goutman interviews Dr. Nadine Attal about the article she coauthored in Lancet Neurology on pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults. Drs. Goutman and Attal discuss the evidence and limitations supporting each class of medication aimed at the treatment of neuropathic pain and how these recommendations can be incorporated into clinical practice. Lancet Neurol. 2015 Feb;14:162-173.
Dr. Ted Burns interviews Drs. Jessica Nance and Andrew Mammen about their paper Diagnostic evaluation of rhabdomyolysis from the June 2015 issue of Muscle and Nerve. This podcast focuses on the clinical presentation and acquired causes which can include substance abuse, medication or toxic exposures, electrolyte abnormalities, endocrine disturbances, and autoimmune myopathies. For the article in Muscle and Nerve refer to Muscle Nerve 51: 793-810, 2015.
Patterns of Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Abnormalities in Early Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Drs. Neil Simon and Noah Kolb
Mary E. Franklin, CNCT, R. EEGT. interviews William W. Campbell, MD on NCS technique for ulnar neuropathy
Neuralgic Amyotrophy (Parsonage-Turner): Etiology, Treatment, Natural History by Nens Van Alfen
Neuralgic Amyotrophy (Parsonage-Turner): Presentation & Diagnosis by Nens Van Alfen
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