We had a working lunch today. Box lunches and the opportunity to ask Dr. Durie questions. He patiently stood at the front of the room--it seems he never eats lunch--while we chowed down on sandwiches and pasta salad and apples and giant chocolate chip cookies.
Dr. Durie answered questions about
- how long to take Aredia and Zometa
- patients with myeloma and amyloidosis
- delayed neuropathy
- how often he sees patients without bone involvement
- whether or not to use anti-inflammatories
- new treatments for neuropathy
- long-term side effects of steroids
- promising clinical trials
- what to be careful of when having hips or knees replaced
- when to start treatment for smoldering myeloma
- can ONJ be treated, and will it ever go away
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