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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 May;65(5):745–752. doi: 10.1002/acr.21889

Table 4.

Medications at time of development of pulmonary symptoms*

Medication Number of patients Mean exposure in months ± SD (range)
Corticosteroids 24 47.3 ± 48.2 (3–161)
Cyclosporine 7 6.3 ± 7.3 (1–22)
Etoposide 1 1
Gold 1 53
Methotrexate 13 32.9 ± 38.2 (1–126)
Thalidomide 1 22
IL1 inhibitor (any) 12 15.1 ± 15.0 (3–47)
  Anakinra 10 16.9 ± 15.9 (3–47)
  Canakinumab 1 6
  Rilonacept 1 6
TNF inhibitor (any) 3 17.0 ± 13.1 (2–26)
  Adalimumab 2 12.5 ± 14.9 (2–23)
  Etanercept 1 26
Tocilizumab 2 6.0 ± 7.1 (1–11)
*

Or discontinued within a month prior to symptoms

SD = standard deviation