The Superiority of Compressed Colchicine Tablets over Coated Colchicine Tablets for Familial Mediterranean Fever.

: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent febrile attacks and serosal inflammation. The goals of FMF treatment are to prevent acute attacks and the development of amyloidosis. This study aimed to investigate the benefit of switching to compressed colchicine tablets in patients with FMF who are resistant or intolerant to the pharmaceutical preparation of coated colchicine tablets in terms of attack frequency and side effects.

Immune nutrition indices are associated with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between immune nutrition indices and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: The current study included a cross-sectional analysis of 90 age and gender-matched healthy controls and 116 RA patients who satisfied the 2010 American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism categorization criteria. Patients were categorized into remission (disease activity score 28- erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS 28-ESR) <2.

Evaluation of the correlation between the Istanbul Low Back Pain Disability Index, Back Pain Functional Scale and other back pain disability scales in Turkish patients with low back pain.

Background: Low back pain is an important health problem that may cause functional loss. Several back pain disability scales have been developed in different languages.

Objective: The present study evaluates the correlation between the Istanbul Low Back Pain Disability Index (ILBPDI) the Back Pain Functional Scale (BPFS) and other back pain disability scales in patients with mechanical low back pain.